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Re:Xenon Design Rationale: Why it is a better alternative to... by waynecochran on Monday November 18, 2024 @06:49PM (#42178562)
Death to angle brackets! Curious what the history of < and > characters are… pretty sure it wasn’t for brackets.
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Re:Xenon Design Rationale: Why it is a better alternative to... by GeneThomas on Monday November 18, 2024 @06:54PM (#42178586)
They are for less than and greater than in mathematics!? They are good in markup for a number of reasons including that they stand out.
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