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    From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Fri Mar 29 23:21:15 2024
    XPost: sci.lang, comp.lang.python

    https://xkcd.com/353/ ( Flying with Python )




    https://xkcd.com/1306/
    what does SIGIL mean?



    Other xkcd that you like?

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  • From Greg Ewing@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Sat Mar 30 20:04:00 2024
    XPost: sci.lang, comp.lang.python

    On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote:
    https://xkcd.com/1306/
                             what does  SIGIL   mean?

    I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.

    --
    Greg

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Greg Ewing on Sat Mar 30 10:00:16 2024
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    Greg Ewing wrote:

    On 30/03/24 7:21 pm, HenHanna wrote:
    https://xkcd.com/1306/
                             what does  SIGIL   mean?

    I think its' a Perl term, referring to the $/@/# symbols in front of identifiers.



    thanks!

    https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/1306:_Sigil_Cycle

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  • From Blue-Maned_Hawk@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Sat Mar 30 17:32:20 2024
    XPost: sci.lang, comp.lang.python

    HenHanna wrote:

    https://xkcd.com/1306/
    what does SIGIL mean?

    I'd define a sigil as a mandatory symbol used to indicate the properties
    of a name.


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  • From Johanne Fairchild@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Sat Mar 30 18:09:56 2024
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    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

    https://xkcd.com/1306/
    what does SIGIL mean?

    A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
    name, such as $, @, and %.

    Source:
    https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil

    Sigil is noun. Definitions:

    A seal; a signet.
    A sign or an image considered magical.
    A seal; a signature.

    Source:
    The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language,
    5th Edition.

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to Johanne Fairchild on Sat Mar 30 21:34:03 2024
    XPost: sci.lang, comp.lang.python

    Johanne Fairchild wrote:

    HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

    https://xkcd.com/1306/
    what does SIGIL mean?

    A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
    name, such as $, @, and %.

    Source: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil

    Sigil is noun. Definitions:

    A seal; a signet.
    A sign or an image considered magical.
    A seal; a signature.

    Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.





    omg... Sigil is a real word???


    The word "sigil" comes from the Latin term "sigillum," which means "little sign." This Latin root is also the source of our English word "seal," making "sigil" and "seal" doublets.

    https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigil



    __________________________words that we use in Programming but not Found in a real dictionary :

    Camel case , int, char, min, len, def, elseif

    cons, defun, cond, goto,

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to HenHanna on Wed Apr 3 14:50:26 2024
    XPost: sci.lang, comp.lang.python

    On 3/29/2024 11:21 PM, HenHanna wrote:

    https://xkcd.com/353/      ( Flying with  Python )




    https://xkcd.com/1306/
                          what does  SIGIL   mean? -- (i got it...Thanks!)



    Other  xkcd   that you like?

    my fav. one may be the one about [Bad-ass Hacker] [Nice-ass car].


    Does he use Python? i wonder.

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  • From HenHanna@21:1/5 to All on Wed Apr 3 23:08:21 2024
    XPost: sci.lang, comp.lang.python

    Blue-Maned_Hawk wrote:

    HenHanna wrote:

    https://xkcd.com/1306/
    what does SIGIL mean?

    I'd define a sigil as a mandatory symbol used to indicate the properties
    of a name.



    if i'm getting this right... Sigil is part of the language spec,

    whereas (in Lisp in the old days), there was a convention of using var-name like *foo* to
    indicate it's a dynamic variable.

    and sometimes **foo** for ....

    and %foo% or %%foo%% was used for ...........

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