[LAU] 24-bit, 24 bit, 24bit and oh how it hz

[Philipp Überbacher]

Excerpts from Ray Rashif's message of 2010-06-17 01:03:17 +0200:
> On 16 June 2010 06:52, Philipp Überbacher <hollunder at lavabit.com> wrote:
> > Excerpts from Folderol's message of 2010-06-16 00:43:44 +0200:
> >> On Tue, 15 Jun 2010 23:36:36 +0200
> >> Andre Majorel <aym-psd at teaser.fr> wrote:
> >>
> >> > On 2010-06-15 22:17 +0200, Giuseppe Zompatori wrote:
> >> > > 2010/6/15 Folderol <folderol at ukfsn.org>:
> >> > >
> >> > > > How about 24~96 ?
> >> > >
> >> > > "~" is a bash alias for $HOME.
> >> >
> >> > Only at the beginning of a word. (And for all Bourne-type shells,
> >> > not just Bash.)
> >>
> >> Although this is true, one reason I suggested this is (as several
> >> pointed out) this is only true at the beginning of the word after a
> >> limited number of commands, and as far as I'm aware has no
> >> significance at all anywhere else or in any other language on any OS.
> >> Most of the other characters suggested can have specific meaning when
> >> inside a word.
> >>
> >> Also, the visual effect of the character looks much more meaningful
> >> than the only other 'safe' character I can think of... the underscore.
> >
> > ~= has the meaning of not equal in lua, but not relevant here I
> > guess.
> 
> Funny you mention this, because I crapped out when I first took a look
> at Lua and tried "!=" :O

I found it strange too, but lua is strange in some ways..
It's mentioned here for example, bottom of the page:
http://lua-users.org/wiki/NumbersTutorial
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Regards,
Philipp

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