February 14, 2006

What is Ampersand?

I was writing a small peice of code a normal if condition with multiple &. I just thought lets see how was it invented and how come its used for and condition in computing world.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ampersand

The ampersand symbol has been found on ancient Roman sources dating to the first century A.D. During this period the symbol was a boxy-looking ligature of the capital letters E T.

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