Re: [Pan-users] Re: OT: calling all old-timers -- using * for attributions

[Brad Rogers]

On Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:38:54 +0000 (UTC)
Jim Henderson <address@hidden> wrote:

Hello Jim,

> Yeah, that's what I remember seeing then as well.  In fact, the common 
> usage of "/" for denoting emphasis is relatively new as I recall.

See my reply to Robert.  However, the short version is that *, / & _ all
date to the BBS era.

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