On Wed, 24 Nov 2004, Chad Perrin wrote:
> Chuck Hast wrote:
> > On Wed, 24 Nov 2004 13:00:22 GMT, Backward Thinker
> > <backwardthinker@juno.com> wrote:
> >
> >>>I octothorped those out
>
> Is there a more-common word/term for it (other than "tic-tac-toe
> thingie" or "number sign", neither one of which is really a name for
> it?) It's not technically a "sharp", which is rendered slightly
> differently (if you want to be technically precise). I suppose some
> call it a "hash", but that's more of a description than a name for it.
> Then again, without some calling it a "hash", one of my all-time
> favorite programming terms wouldn't exist: "shebang line".
I've always heard it referred as the "pound" sign.
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