One thing that would make me hesitate to use ~ is that it already commonly means ‘approximately equal to’ (as a more-easily-typed substitute for ≈). That certainly feels like a related meaning, but what I appreciate about Chalmers’ coinage is that it’s very precise about what you are and are not claiming.
One thing that would make me hesitate to use
~is that it already commonly means ‘approximately equal to’ (as a more-easily-typed substitute for≈). That certainly feels like a related meaning, but what I appreciate about Chalmers’ coinage is that it’s very precise about what you are and are not claiming.