@enf @shadychars @widespacer New discoveries in the tricolon mystery.
I found an old Sholes & Glidden document and got it scanned. I see three uses.
1) “semigraphics,” which we knew of before.pic.twitter.com/8pFFHEYRgG
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Found a 1872 letter from C. L. Sholes himself using a tricolon to construct a dollar sign. Earliest use of tricolon I know of, plus it comes from the inventor!pic.twitter.com/HivmXCINRL
That seems pretty compelling. Do you know, were these early models delivered with any documentation or training? I don't know how anyone would have guessed that that was the intended use from the device alone
You’re literally thinking what I’m thinking. I might have to dig into some collections in Milwaukee.
Damn you, autocorrect!
For a second I thought you meant the R #rlang ::: triple colon.
Is this not also a very early example of someone complaining about their cat getting in the way when they are trying to type?
“Blame my cats but this thing requires genius in order to work it just right.” Love it!
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