Re: Caret or Carrot

Subject: Re: Caret or Carrot
From: John Fleming <johntwrl -at- hotmail -dot- com>
To: "TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Tue, 22 Feb 2005 18:19:37 -0700


On Mon, 21 Feb 2005 08:23:15 -0800 (PST), while chained to a desk in the
scriptorium, jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com (John Posada) wrote:

> $Hi, guys. First document I openned at my new gig and I find they've
> $used the term "carrot" when refering to the character " ^ ".
> $
> $I know this as a caret. Does the rest of the world know this as a "carrot"?

In my neck of the woods, a "carrot" is something you give your horse as
a treat. Also suitable for human consumption as well.

John Fleming
Technical Writer
Edmonton, Alberta


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Caret or Carrot: From: John Posada

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