Le 2008-02-08 ? 2:26, Richard Taytor a ?crit :
> I searched the list but didn't find an answer to this question.
>
> Why is the caret[^c] preferred over the asterisk[*a] for footnote
> markers?
>
> [^c]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caret
> [*a]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterisk
I'm not the one who came up with the syntax in the first place, but I
think it's clearer to use a new character rather than overloading the
asterisk with yet another meaning. Also, to me at least, ^ evokes the
exponentiation operator which is represented as superscript in
mathematics, which in turn could make me think of a superscript
footnote marker.
Michel Fortin
michel.fortin at michelf.com
http://michelf.com/