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  • A AspDotNetDev

    I'm trying to decide which is the stranger punctuation mark, but so far it's a tie. Which do you think is stranger‽:

    • ⁀ (Tie)
    • ⁂ (Asterism)

    Any other strange punctuation marks or symbols you know of?

    Martin Fowler wrote:

    Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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    David1987
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    Neither, ※ is definitely weirder than either of those

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    • A AspDotNetDev

      I'm trying to decide which is the stranger punctuation mark, but so far it's a tie. Which do you think is stranger‽:

      • ⁀ (Tie)
      • ⁂ (Asterism)

      Any other strange punctuation marks or symbols you know of?

      Martin Fowler wrote:

      Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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      Henry Minute
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      How about the interrobang ‽

      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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      • A AspDotNetDev

        I'm trying to decide which is the stranger punctuation mark, but so far it's a tie. Which do you think is stranger‽:

        • ⁀ (Tie)
        • ⁂ (Asterism)

        Any other strange punctuation marks or symbols you know of?

        Martin Fowler wrote:

        Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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        Single Step Debugger
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        I think this one is the weirdest, though it’s widely used in the Lounge: :bob:

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        • S S Houghtelin

          ⁂ (Asterism) Just for the name, I vote the second. Sounds like a condition, like the neighbor kid has Asterism. :(

          It was broke, so I fixed it.

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          Vark111
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          It's actually an astronomy term. Means a small, (relatively) well-known subset of a constellation. i.e. The Big Dipper is an asterism, Ursa Major is its constellation.

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          • D David1987

            Neither, ※ is definitely weirder than either of those

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            NormDroid
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            Pig pen cypher I do believe.

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            • A AspDotNetDev

              I'm trying to decide which is the stranger punctuation mark, but so far it's a tie. Which do you think is stranger‽:

              • ⁀ (Tie)
              • ⁂ (Asterism)

              Any other strange punctuation marks or symbols you know of?

              Martin Fowler wrote:

              Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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              wizardzz
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              The tie should only be referred to as the mustache.

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              • D David1987

                Neither, ※ is definitely weirder than either of those

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                DaveAuld
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                • V Vark111

                  It's actually an astronomy term. Means a small, (relatively) well-known subset of a constellation. i.e. The Big Dipper is an asterism, Ursa Major is its constellation.

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                  S Houghtelin
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                  To Quote the great Rocket 'Rocky' J. Squirrel Thank you Mister know-it-all! http://bullwinkle.toonzone.net/knowall.wav[^] :)

                  It was broke, so I fixed it.

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                  • D David1987

                    Neither, ※ is definitely weirder than either of those

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                    AspDotNetDev
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                    〠 :)

                    Martin Fowler wrote:

                    Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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                    • H Henry Minute

                      For what purpose? As far as I am aware neither is a true punctuation mark.

                      Henry Minute Do not read medical books! You could die of a misprint. - Mark Twain Girl: (staring) "Why do you need an icy cucumber?" “I want to report a fraud. The government is lying to us all.” I wouldn't let CG touch my Abacus! When you're wrestling a gorilla, you don't stop when you're tired, you stop when the gorilla is.

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                      AspDotNetDev
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                      Martin Fowler wrote:

                      Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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                      • A AspDotNetDev

                        I'm trying to decide which is the stranger punctuation mark, but so far it's a tie. Which do you think is stranger‽:

                        • ⁀ (Tie)
                        • ⁂ (Asterism)

                        Any other strange punctuation marks or symbols you know of?

                        Martin Fowler wrote:

                        Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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                        Michael Bergman
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                        I've always been partial to the interrobang ‽

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                        • M Michael Bergman

                          I've always been partial to the interrobang ‽

                          m.bergman

                          -- For Bruce Schneier, quanta only have one state : afraid.

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                          AspDotNetDev
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                          I wonder if anybody noticed the interrobang in my original post. That has been my favorite for some time as well. :)

                          Martin Fowler wrote:

                          Any fool can write code that a computer can understand. Good programmers write code that humans can understand.

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