At 12:07 PM 9/28/04 -0700, you wrote:
From:
"Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)siconic.com>
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>None, I just felt like pointing out that whoever decided to use the plus
>sign for OR was most likely insane.
I suspect that the plus sign was chosen so that it could be printed with
a standard typewriter and/or printer. Remember is the early days most
printers only had 64 characters available so the choices were limited.
Joe