XPost: alt.folklore.computers   
   From: OFeem1987@teleworm.us   
      
   rbowman wrote this post by blinking in Morse code:   
      
   > On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 21:17:05 -0000 (UTC), Lawrence D’Oliveiro wrote:   
   >   
   >> On Sun, 4 Jan 2026 15:14:30 +0100, Carlos E.R. wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> What's the difference between C++ and C#? (I don't know how to   
   >>> pronounce that one).   
   >>   
   >> It’s spelled “C#”, but it’s pronounced “C♯”.   
   >   
   > For once sanity prevailed and they didn't use a character that would have   
   > been a pain in the ass evermore.   
      
   Except in a shell script :-D   
      
   --   
   For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels,   
   each delved into a hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall   
   was a gate.   
   		-- J.R.R. Tolkien, "The Return of the King"   
      
   	[Quoted in "VMS Internals and Data Structures", V4.4, when   
   	 referring to system overview.]   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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