Re: USAGE: :: and * (was: Re: North Wind and Sun in Obrenje)

Tim May scripsit:

> Using a lot of ::s makes everything look kind of like EBN notation,
> for what it's worth.
>
I once wrote a Unix-style shell for a non-Unix system, and decided to
use the prompt ":: ", which was known in the documentation as the
"quadpoint prompt" at my suggestion.  All unknown to my employer, this
was an allusion to a Piers Anthony novel.

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