[futurebasic] Re: [FB] Text adventure shell

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From: Peter Bancroft <pbancroft@...>
Date: Sat, 28 Nov 1998 08:57:45 +1100
>>>** The "_" flashes at the same rate you've set for your insertion point
>>>(carrot, I believe is the proper term)
>>
>>Well, almost. It's actually "caret." The same word applies to the ^ in
>>"FB^3," which will be worth its weight in gold (pun intended).
>
>If in that case (i.e., the gold pun), then "karat" is the more correct
>term. However, "caret" is used so often that it is often mistaken as being
>correct.

In British English, it is usually spelled as carat. However the Oxtord
English Dict. gives karat as a variation on carat. Must be a cross Atlantic
mutation 8)

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