an odd question

From: Lance Costanzo <lance_at_costanzo.net>
Date: Thu Aug 9 23:37:22 2001

At 09:25 AM 8/9/01 -0500, John F wrote:
>At 09:15 AM 8/9/01 -0500, Messick, Gary wrote:
>>I know some of the older software such as MBASIC for CP/M, and maybe even
>>earlier stuff, used to OUTPUT a ^C when the user type a Ctrl-C.
>
>I remember RSTS timesharing systems doing that
>even before CP/M.
I thought I remembered it from RSTS/E, and maybe even before that
with CDC ITS, but things blend together from those days...

It may be a pseudo-mathematical symbolism from some
programming languages; 3^2 = 9, i.e. you're raising
the C key.

(You're bluffing, I'll ^ you 10).
Received on Thu Aug 09 2001 - 23:37:22 BST