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J'Pol
10-22-2003, 07:31 PM
As a general rule I try to avoid the ampersand (&). It's just too elaborate.

It is the punctuation mark equivalent of the curly wurly, which I have made my feelings perfectly clean on in the past.
JONNO_CELEBS
10-22-2003, 07:38 PM
JPaul...............WTF is an Ape.........apen.......anep............the thing you said???? :blink:

Jonno B)
lynx
10-22-2003, 07:38 PM
& what does that mean?
4play
10-22-2003, 07:44 PM
the ampersand is an amazingly useful chappie.

erm yeah i used it once in c++ and erm :unsure: yeah thats about it really.

i cant write it to save my life so being rather common im sticking with the old + sign instead.

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& what does that mean?

it means and
MagicNakor
10-23-2003, 01:57 AM
It's also a close cousin of ?, and I think it's because of this you dislike poor &.

:ninja:
SodiumChloride
10-23-2003, 02:28 AM
Originally posted by JPaul@22 October 2003 - 12:31
It is the punctuation mark equivalent of the curly wurly, which I have made my feelings perfectly clean on in the past.
What about the @ symbol? THAT's a curly wurly