Board Thread:Wiki management/@comment-1716189-20150904172125/@comment-28639118-20150907111054

1Zulu wrote:

Birdpool wrote: I'll settle the dispute this way:

I learned early on that

{} means "Braces" and [] means "Brackets and menas "Parenthesis".

Even coders use that language, so I refer to them that way. You may have learned differently, so agree to dissagree. :| I'm just telling you calling {} brackets is not wrong; plenty of people do it. Some people even call parentheses brackets. Even respected dictionaries like Merriam-webster include them:

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/bracket

(meaning 3d lists "brace" as a synonym for "bracket" and meaning 3c lists "parenthesis" as synonym as well)

So the next time someone calls {} brackets, don't tell them they are "flat out wrong" because even the dictionary disagrees with you on that one. My teacher teaches me that bracket is used for all of those... I don't know if she wrong...