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Re: Octothorpes & Numbers

#41165 09/10/2001 11:48 PM

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Perth, Western Australia

stales

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stales

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Joined: Nov 2000

Posts: 866
Perth, Western Australia

I'm thinking the hash symbol for "number" goes back much further than the computer era. My father is 75, with a background in mathematics and engineering - and he's always used it.

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