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From: aa318@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (John Coughlin)
Subject: Re: @ character
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Date: Thu, 23 Feb 1995 13:02:49 GMT
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In a previous posting, Andre Shapps (andre@shappski.demon.co.uk) writes:

                    [ my previous post deleted ]
>> 
> Point taken, but I was refering to programming, where they are sometimes refered to as bra and 
> ket to distinguish them from "[" and "]", which are, of course, brackets, the real word for "(" 
> and ")" being parentheses as was noted in the first posting.
> 
Ahhhh... okay, now I get it.  I was not aware of that usage.  I have heard
(and used) "open" and "close" for ( and ), respectively.
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