Re: xkcd.com/353 ( Flying with Python )

Johanne Fairchild wrote:

HenHanna <HenHanna@devnull.tb> writes:

https://xkcd.com/1306/
                         what does  SIGIL   mean?

  A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable
  name, such as $, @, and %.

  Source:   https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil

  Sigil is noun. Definitions:

  A seal; a signet.
  A sign or an image considered magical.
  A seal; a signature.

  Source:      The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

    omg...    Sigil  is a real word???
The word "sigil" comes from the Latin term "sigillum," which means "little sign."  This Latin root is also the source of our English word "seal," making "sigil" and "seal" doublets.
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigil
__________________________words that we use in Programming   but not Found in a real dictionary :
           Camel case ,   int,    char,   min,   len,  def,   elseif               cons, defun,  cond,  goto,