Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!gatech!cuae2!ltuxa!we53!wucs!wucfua!wucec2!ph From: ph@wucec2.UUCP Newsgroups: net.lang Subject: Re: compound statements ( side note Message-ID: <1839@wucec2.UUCP> Date: Mon, 21-Jul-86 13:38:32 EDT Article-I.D.: wucec2.1839 Posted: Mon Jul 21 13:38:32 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 22-Jul-86 00:51:55 EDT References: <221@bsdpkh.UUCP> <800019@ccvaxa> Reply-To: ph@wucec2.UUCP (pHigment of My Imagination) Organization: Washington U. in St. Louis, Engineering School Lines: 13 In article <800019@ccvaxa> aglew@ccvaxa.UUCP writes: >... > Ken Latham is being pedantic about braces and brackets. > >Welll.... {} are braces. [] are brackets, () are parens. I forget the >proper name for < > or << >>. I don't know if there is a "proper name" as such, but the Hackers' Dictionary calls < and > _brokets_. --pH /* * "PLUGH" */