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		chrisweekly 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: More common mistakes to avoid when creating system... related tangent (outside of diagrams) lt < and gt > symbols are often dangerously ambiguous; does `A > B > C` mean "A then B then C"? or "A is superior to B which is superior to C"?

zabzonk 44 days ago [–]

Which (I think) is why we prefer to use "A --> B" rather than "A>B" or "A > B"

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