()
parens
[]
brackets or square brackets
{}
braces or curly braces
<>
angle brackets or less than, greater than
^
caret
#
hash
!
bang
"
quote or double quote
'
tick or single quote
_
underscore (not underline)*
splat or star or asterisk
.
dot (not period)|
pipe or vertical bar
~
tilde
@
at or at sign
&
ampersand
=>
hashrocket
<=>
flying saucer
The following poem appeared in the May/June 1990 issue of Infocus magazine and has since been floating around the Internet. The original authors were Fred Bremmer and Steve Kroese of Calvin College & Seminary of Grand Rapids, Michigan.
< > ! * ' ' #
^ " ` $ $ -
! * = @ $ _
% * < > ~ # 4
& [ ] . . /
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
< > ! * ' ' #
Waka waka bang splat tick tick hash,
^ " ` $ $ -
Caret quote back-tick dollar dollar dash,
! * = @ $ _
Bang splat equal at dollar underscore,
% * < > ~ # 4
Percent splat waka waka tilde number four,
& [ ] . . /
Ampersand bracket bracket dot dot slash,
| { , , SYSTEM HALTED
Vertical-bar curly-bracket comma comma CRASH.
A Ruby version would add the line
<=> => << >> HashWithIndifferentAccess
flying saucer hashrocket shovel shovel Mash
(written by Alex C, no credit required nor desired)
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