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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>spaceship operator</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../S.html" title="S"/><link rel="previous" href="space-cadet-keyboard.html" title="space-cadet keyboard"/><link rel="next" href="SPACEWAR.html" title="SPACEWAR"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">spaceship operator</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="space-cadet-keyboard.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">S</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SPACEWAR.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="spaceship-operator"/><dt xmlns="" id="spaceship-operator"><b>spaceship operator</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> The glyph <tt class="literal"><=></tt>, so-called apparently because
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in the low-resolution constant-width font used on many terminals it vaguely
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resembles a flying saucer. <a href="../P/Perl.html"><i class="glossterm">Perl</i></a> uses this to denote
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the signum-of-difference operation.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="space-cadet-keyboard.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../S.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="SPACEWAR.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">space-cadet keyboard </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> SPACEWAR</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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