Re: Representing variables

["Dana Worley" <dana -at- campbellsci -dot- com>]

On Monday, October 30, 2006, Guy K. Haas wrote: 
 
> I agree on the regular-font italic and no angle-bracket stance.

Ditto on the italics. 

I would steer clear of brackets (and braces), since in many syntax 
conventions (for instances extended Naur-Backus form, ENBF), 
brackets are used to enclose optional agruments. 

2 cents,

Dana W.

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Dana Worley
Software Product Manager, Marketing
Campbell Scientific, Inc. 
Microsoft MVP, Windows Help 2002-2007


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