The > symbol.
So next time you press and see that little arrow appear, don’t just rush past it. Think about where it’s been. more than symbol on keyboard
In Markdown (the language of this blog post), typing > at the start of a line turns ordinary words into a blockquote. It gives weight and context to someone else’s words. Before fancy emojis, before reaction GIFs, there was the > . The > symbol
In programming languages like C++, Java, or Python, > becomes a comparison operator. Add an equals sign ( >= ) and you’ve got “greater than or equal to.” Stack two of them ( >> ) and you’re shifting bits or piping data. In some languages, -> is a mystical arrow that walks through pointers. before reaction GIFs