From: "Thomas Harte" Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp Subject: Re: Language question Date: Fri, 8 Sep 2000 22:57:12 +0100 Organization: BT Internet Lines: 43 Message-ID: <8pbnfl$gpa$1@uranium.btinternet.com> References: <8pbkbh$eth$1 AT info DOT cyf-kr DOT edu DOT pl> NNTP-Posting-Host: host62-6-88-179.btinternet.com X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3155.0 To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com DJ-Gateway: from newsgroup comp.os.msdos.djgpp Reply-To: djgpp AT delorie DOT com Do you mean? : > ( ) brackets > [ ] square brackets > { } braces >' like for example char x = 'a'; quotes (when written on paper by a human usually the open quote leans outwards sort of like a tiny backslash, and the close quote goes the other way, and if you see particularly flambouyant handwriting, the open one will look like a little 6 with the circle at the bottom filled in, and the close one ill look like a little 9, again penned in as with the 6) >"" like for example *char s = "abc"; double quotes (written by hand as above) >` not really sure! Maybe this is meant to be an accent for other non-English but Western languages? >~ tilde (two syllables, doesn't rhyme with Wilde or anything) >can anybody help ? Did I even understand the question correctly? -Thomas