[REBOL] Re: footer on Joel's email
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 19-Mar-2002 6:10
Hi, Charles,
Charles wrote:
> There is, of course, the point that if one were to copy
> & paste the sig into the console (which is what I did),
> then the comment /is/ required, and the REBOL [] does
> nothing special.
>
And a good point it is, too!
> "octothorp"? I've never heard that term before! Ah, but
> Merriam-Webster
> ( http://www.m-w.com ) says:
> Main Entry: oc·to·thorp
> Pronunciation: 'äk-t&-"thorp, -tO-
> Function: noun
> Etymology: octo- + thorp, of unknown origin; from the eight
> points on its circumference
> Date: 1971
> : the symbol #
> Fascinating!!
>
>From _The_Elements_of_Typographic_Style_ by Robert Bringhurst,
a standard refererence in the field of typography...
octothorp Otherwise known a the numeral sign. It
has also been used as a symbol for the
pound avoirdupois, but this usage is now archaic.
In cartography, it is also a symbol for a village:
eight fields around a central square, and this is
the source of its name. Octothorp means eight fields.
Of course this also means that REBOL is eight times better
than c# ("see octothorp") and has it completely surrounded.
--
; Joel Neely joeldotneelyatfedexdotcom
REBOL [] do [ do func [s] [ foreach [a b] s [prin b] ] sort/skip
do function [s] [t] [ t: "" foreach [a b] s [repend t [b a]] t ] {
| e s m!zauafBpcvekexEohthjJakwLrngohOqrlryRnsctdtiub} 2 ]
