undefined | Better HN

0 pointsumanwizard9y ago0 comments

No, [ ] are brackets; { } are braces.

(Disambiguating with an adjective does make it ok to use either -- "Curly brackets" are still { }, and "square braces" are still [ ] )

0 comments

4 comments · 1 top-level

milesrout9y ago· 3 in thread

No, they aren't. () are brackets, [] are square brackets, {} are curly brackets. 'Brackets' always refers to () unless specifically you say 'square'.

Stop imposing your stupid American stuff on people.

Y_Y9y ago

I agree with your content, but not your tone. I'd like to add that one often hears "round brackets" as an unambiguous terms for the first category. And where's love for angle brackets <chevrons>?

umanwizardOP9y ago

There are substantially more Americans than people in any other English-speaking country, and, to top it off, we're on an American forum.

It's not "stupid" to assume the dialect we're using is American English. Why the aggressiveness?

jsilence9y ago

Because the cultural ignorance you are showing is annoying. There are vastly more people speaking english in the world than there are US Americans. On top of that: Most of the Americans are speaking spanish and portuguese. America != US America for one.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse