contentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months agoTIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks"en.wikipedia.orgexternal-linkmessage-square21fedilinkarrow-up156arrow-down19file-text
arrow-up147arrow-down1external-linkTIL That the symbol ^ is called a "caret" not a "carrot", from the Latin meaning "it lacks"en.wikipedia.orgcontentbot@lemmy.caB to Today I Learned (TIL)@lemmy.ca · 2 months agomessage-square21fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarecorsicanguppy@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down1·2 months agoYeah. We learned it as Circonflexe anyway, right? I know that carried from high school into coding well before I heard the Latin ;-)
minus-squareBearOfaTime@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 months agoTIL in French it’s “circonflexe” and English it’s “circumflex”. I’m guessin this is another Daniel Webster moment.
minus-squareowenfromcanada@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·2 months agoCirconflexe? Haven’t heard that name in a long time…
Yeah. We learned it as Circonflexe anyway, right? I know that carried from high school into coding well before I heard the Latin ;-)
TIL in French it’s “circonflexe” and English it’s “circumflex”.
I’m guessin this is another Daniel Webster moment.
Circonflexe? Haven’t heard that name in a long time…