On: Orca – Live Programming Environment

[tasty_freeze]

* is called "bang"? I thought it was universally agreed that "!" is bang and "*" is splat.

[gknoy → tasty_freeze]

I noticed that as well. `!` has been nicknamed "bang" for a long time (hence "shebang" for `#!` notation)

http://www.catb.org/jargon/html/B/bang.html

[mullr → tasty_freeze]

The term likely comes from max/msp, which has a “bang” message with a similar function.

[nicoburns → tasty_freeze]

Agree with bang, but I call "*" star or asterisk.

[scotty79 → tasty_freeze]

I thought the splat was ...