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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by blauditore on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:37PM (#13186932)
He writes his name as something like Dÿkstra, but everywhere else it's referred to as Dijkstra. Does anyone know how this character (combination) works?
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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by kahrkunne on Thursday December 15, 2016 @01:42PM (#13186977)
It's a Dutch thing. We combine the ij into one thing that kind of looks like ÿ.
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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by _0ffh on Thursday December 15, 2016 @02:08PM (#13187218)
So it's essentially just a ligature, not its own letter, I suppose?
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Re:Why numbering should start at zero (1982) by grenoire on Thursday December 15, 2016 @02:26PM (#13187396)
Correct.
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