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TIL about the greek question mark

Tell me, can you tell the difference between these two characters?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I get this warning in my IDE (VS Code) so I feel safe:

The character U+037e ";" could be confused with the ASCII character U+003b ";", which is more common in source code.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

Well, there goes my diabolical plan, crushed like a bug under someone else's shoe. Back to the drawing board, I guess.