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"In the PHP language, which was largely inspired by Perl" <--- uhh, what? I can't see any resemblence between PHP or Perl...
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[[Special:Contributions/24.85.131.247|24.85.131.247]] ([[User talk:24.85.131.247|talk]]) 05:50, 26 January 2014 (UTC)
== Origin of BASIC's $ sigil? ==
I know that Darthmouth BASIC didn't support strings at all, and Microsoft's Altair BASIC used the $. In between, I know nothing. Does anyone know if it was Microsoft that originated this feature?
[[Special:Contributions/147.0.139.66|147.0.139.66]] ([[User talk:147.0.139.66|talk]]) 15:11, 23 November 2016 (UTC)
== Hungarian notation is NOT a convention for variable-naming that specifies variable type ==
Regarding:
: ... is Hungarian notation, a convention for variable-naming that specifies variable type ...
No, that is the gross [https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2005/05/11/making-wrong-code-look-wrong/ misinterpretation by Microsoft documentation writers] (near ''"inadvertently invented what came to be known as Systems Hungarian"''), not at all what the inventor had in mind (explicitly stated several times in the original paper).
See also 04 mins 00 secs - 06 mins 35 secs in [https://twit.tv/shows/triangulation/episodes/277 Triangulation 277].
--[[User:Mortense|Mortense]] ([[User talk:Mortense|talk]]) 21:17, 7 November 2018 (UTC)
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