Book Notes
The copy for this book was typeset using the LATEX typesetting software. Several important breaks were made with standard conventions in order to remove some ambiguities. The period mark is normally included inside the quotation marks like this “That's my answer. No. Period.” This can cause ambiguities when computer terms are included in quotation marks because computers often use periods to convey some meaning. For this reason, myelectronic mail address is “p3@wayner.org”. The periods and commas are left outside of all quotes to prevent confusion.
Hyphens also cause problems when they're used for different tasks. LISP programmers often use hyphens to join words together into a single name like this: Do-Not-Call-This-Procedure. Unfortunately, ...
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