xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )
HenHanna
HenHanna at dev.null
Sat Mar 30 17:34:03 EDT 2024
Johanne Fairchild wrote:
> HenHanna <HenHanna at 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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