What do you call this { character?
- by John Isaacks
When talking to another programmer I would refer to ( and ) as parentheses. I would refer to [ and ] as brackets. What do you refer to { and } as?
I checked the wikipedia article and there were several names listed:
curly brackets
squiggly brackets
definite brackets
swirly brackets
birdie brackets
Scottish brackets
squirrelly brackets
braces
gullwings
Is there a term commonly used within programmers to identify these characters?