2008.06.14
Coding Horror has a pretty amusing article on the infinite number of names programmers give common ascii symbols. $, %, &, |, etc are seen across a lot of languages but somehow they have accumulated more names than the entire ascii library combined.
So the next time a programmer walks up to you and says, "oh, it's easy! Just type wax bang at hash buck grapes circumflex and splat wane", you'll know what they mean.
Personally, I would kick them in the groin for saying something that ridiculous but to each his own.
The Coding Horror article cites the guys over at ASCII Table who have compiled this list and some explanations for each name.
If this doesn't help you out the next time you're working with some programmers oversees who tells you to add a grape to something and you have no idea that means a % symbol, at least you might get a laugh out of it.
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