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Subject:Re: Technical name for the #? From:Gareth Rowlands <rowlands -at- CLICKPLANET -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 23 Nov 1998 12:25:50 -0600
Doug & Michelle are absolutely right when they say the key is to use a
term that people will understand. All I would add is that there are
times when using "octothorpe" would be appropriate - for example, when
producing documentation for telecom engineers.
The point is that documentation should have as its goal the ability to
reach the audiance for which its being produced.
