From nobody@digitalkingdom.org Wed Sep 02 03:52:04 2009 Received: with ECARTIS (v1.0.0; list lojban-beginners); Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:52:04 -0700 (PDT) Received: from nobody by chain.digitalkingdom.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MinRb-00063p-SM for lojban-beginners-real@lojban.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:52:04 -0700 Received: from mailgate.denbridgemarine.com ([83.104.25.50]) by chain.digitalkingdom.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MinRW-00063c-Pj for lojban-beginners@lojban.org; Wed, 02 Sep 2009 03:52:03 -0700 Received: from strontium.elements (support.denbridgemarine.com [83.104.25.51]) (using SSLv3 with cipher EXP1024-RC4-SHA (56/128 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mailgate.denbridgemarine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id AB9286049F2; Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:51:58 +0100 (BST) From: Colin Wright Organization: Denbridge Marine Ltd To: lojban-beginners@lojban.org Subject: [lojban-beginners] Was klingon swears, is now signs of inequality ... Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 11:52:03 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <23f4e3390909012249p27a928c5i9c30d8d7a27c0816@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <23f4e3390909012249p27a928c5i9c30d8d7a27c0816@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200909021152.03726.colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com> X-archive-position: 2169 X-ecartis-version: Ecartis v1.0.0 Sender: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org Errors-to: lojban-beginners-bounce@lojban.org X-original-sender: colin.wright@denbridgemarine.com Precedence: bulk Reply-to: lojban-beginners@lojban.org X-list: lojban-beginners Sorry if you see this twice. I accidently posted from an address from which I'm not registered. If the moderator passes it, you'll get a second copy. Adding my $0.02 On Wednesday 02 September 2009 06:49, David Gowers wrote: > <> meaning 'not equals' has been around at least since 1983 > (Locomotive BASIC and IIRC all popular BASICs written after then) "<>" was used for "not equals" in most, if not all, early BASICs, and was certainly on the Tandy/Radio Shack TRS-80 in 1978. -- Dr C.D.Wright, Director of Innovation and Engineering Denbridge Marine Limited, Cammell Lairds Waterfront Park, Campbeltown Road, Birkenhead, Wirral, Merseyside, CH41 9HP. Tel: +44 (0)151 649 4080 Fax: +44 (0)870 051 8953 Mob: +44 (0)7980 57 22 96 Denbridge Marine Limited may monitor email traffic data and the content of email for the purposes of security and staff training. Denbridge Marine Limited. Registered in England and Wales, Company Number 4850477 Registered office: DSG, 43 Castle St, Liverpool. L2 9TL.