**Trammell Hudson** @th@v.st · 2020-03-16T18:45:13Z

The 1962 report on the NELIAC programming language seems to be the only place on the Internet that ever called `#` "_Hexi sign_".

**Trammell Hudson** @th@v.st · Mar 16, 2020, 18:50

**Trammell Hudson** @th@v.st · Mar 16, 2020, 18:50

Trammell Hudson @th@v.st

NELIAC might also be the original "braces programming language" since it used them to delimit blocks in 1958, nine years before BCPL.

**Ed S** @EdS@mastodon.sdf.org · Mar 17, 2020, 13:44

**Ed S** @EdS@mastodon.sdf.org · Mar 17, 2020, 13:44

Ed S @EdS@mastodon.sdf.org

Oh, needing some #retrocomputing tags on your posts, Trammell!
@th

**Ed "☃️" Marczak “‘;%:.$}])\n\t** @marczak@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2020, 23:19

**Ed "☃️" Marczak “‘;%:.$}])\n\t** @marczak@mastodon.social · Mar 16, 2020, 23:19

@th I like that better than “pound”.

**Sir Garbagetruck** @Truck@icosahedron.website · Mar 17, 2020, 13:13

**Sir Garbagetruck** @Truck@icosahedron.website · Mar 17, 2020, 13:13

Sir Garbagetruck @Truck@icosahedron.website

@marczak @th back in the day on Usenet, it was sometimes called an "octothorpe."

**Ed "☃️" Marczak “‘;%:.$}])\n\t** @marczak@mastodon.social · Mar 17, 2020, 13:38

**Ed "☃️" Marczak “‘;%:.$}])\n\t** @marczak@mastodon.social · Mar 17, 2020, 13:38

@Truck @th Yeah, I remember that. I like that one the best.