Also reveals how the # is often referred to as the “pound sign” (referring to the debate about # vs. £ and where it goes in the table). Am disappointed the overline “not” symbol never made it and we use ! instead (luckily we have a short name for it: “bang” vs. “exclamation point”).
“To maximize the structural stability of the [paper] tape, Murray arranged the characters in his code so that the most frequently used letters were represented by the fewest number of holes in the tape.” Love it - complete disregard for alphabetical order - different priorities!
(Love this stuff, thanks @pushcx!)
Also reveals how the # is often referred to as the “pound sign” (referring to the debate about # vs. £ and where it goes in the table). Am disappointed the overline “not” symbol never made it and we use ! instead (luckily we have a short name for it: “bang” vs. “exclamation point”).
“To maximize the structural stability of the [paper] tape, Murray arranged the characters in his code so that the most frequently used letters were represented by the fewest number of holes in the tape.” Love it - complete disregard for alphabetical order - different priorities!