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Re: concatenation operator glyph

From Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: concatenation operator glyph
Date 2014-07-27 10:47 -0700
Organization Canadian Mind Products
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On Sun, 27 Jul 2014 10:31:58 -0700, Roedy Green
<see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> wrote, quoted or indirectly quoted
someone who said :

>It should visually suggest joining.  I think should be left-right
>symmetrical to reflect the symmetry of the operation. It should be
>distinct from other symbols even at small font sizes.

Mathematicians use two closely spaced vertical lines. Perhaps
something on that line that would not be confused with ||.
-- 
Roedy Green Canadian Mind Products http://mindprod.com
The art of strongly-typed language design is largely arranging 
that errors are automatically detected as soon as possible
in the compose, compile, run cycle.

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concatenation operator glyph Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-27 10:31 -0700
  Re: concatenation operator glyph Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-27 10:47 -0700
  Re: concatenation operator glyph Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-07-28 13:19 +0200
    Re: concatenation operator glyph Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-07-28 07:47 -0700
      Re: concatenation operator glyph Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2014-07-28 18:11 +0200
      Re: concatenation operator glyph Silvio <silvio@internet.com> - 2014-07-28 19:01 +0200

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