At 07:21 PM 31-12-98 -0800, Sam Ismail wrote:
Well, certainly the '@' symbol was entirely
useless until internet e-mail.
And how many people actually use function keys any more in the age of the
GUI and mouse?
Apart from those Digital DCL users who have been using it to invoke command
procedures for about 25 years and TOPS-10 users who used it for I/O
redirection for even longer....
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