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int_19h
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The letter ℘: name and origin? (2017)
Programmers also write something like *[3]int instead of "pointer to array of 3 integers" in most PLs.
(Modula-2 tried the latter, but it didn't stick.)
cubefox
9 days ago
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Yeah, though such special symbols are less common. I think they are still too common though. E.g. using the unnecessarily obscure "if (A) B" instead of "if A then B".
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(Modula-2 tried the latter, but it didn't stick.)