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		lsiebert on Oct 2, 2017 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Streams: a new general purpose data structure in R... I think a mostly vertical symbol is better, ":" or "\|" is preferably to "_" or "-".

simonhamp on Oct 3, 2017 | [–]

I agree. Perhaps a forward-slash (/) to denote subordination, e.g. 1507035873/11

anyfoo on Oct 3, 2017 | [–]

Why is that?

agumonkey on Oct 3, 2017 | [–]

verticality convey difference in kind of information better IMO

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