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2 unusual facts about Underscore


Underscore

Ruby and Perl use $ as a special variable described as the “default input and pattern matching space” — any output defaults to that variable, and may be omitted.

In some languages with pattern matching, such as Standard ML, OCaml, and Haskell, the pattern matches any value, but does not perform binding.


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Bugs' Bonnets

As with Rabbit of Seville, the "Wedding March" by Mendelssohn plays in the underscore, as Bugs is carrying Elmer toward a cottage.

Charles Paul

On The Secret Storm Paul began his practice of using "leitmotif" themes to underscore specific characters, such as his stately tune for lovable matriarch Grace Tyrell (Marjorie Gateson) and his vampy lament for her toxic daughter Pauline Harris (Haila Stoddard).

Cincinnati Bell/WEBN Riverfest

The CarMax Riverfest is filled with many activities and ends with a gathering on the banks of the Ohio River in Cincinnati, Ohio, Covington, Kentucky, and Newport, Kentucky to watch a half-hour fireworks show set to an underscore heard on WEBN.

Damon Intrabartolo

Intrabartolo also served as an orchestrator and conductor on In Good Company (2004), American Dreamz (2006) and the acclaimed "Dreamgirls" (2006) underscore with Hedwig and the Angry Inch composer Stephen Trask.

Dead Weather Machine Re:Heat

-- PLEASE DON'T REMOVE THE UNDERSCORE FROM THE LINK, IT'S MEANT TO BE THERE -->, and is the second of a two-part set, the first part being Dead Weather Machine (also known as DWM).

Le Canon de Kra

The shells are actually meant for a giant German World War II railway cannon, and a despotic madman is not hesitant to use the weapon against the government of the small state of Kampong to underscore his demands.

Positive pressure personnel suit

Wear of a PPPS can underscore the villainy and "otherness" of movie bad guys as in E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial (1982).

The Busy World of Richard Scarry

The theme song was written by Sara Zahn and composed by Milan Kymlicka, while the underscore was composed and conducted by Laurent Petitgirard.

The Delfonics

Their songs have been used extensively in film soundtracks, including Quentin Tarantino's 1997 movie Jackie Brown, in which "La-La (Means I Love You)" and "Didn't I Blow Your Mind" underscore the pivotal relationship between the characters played by Pam Grier and Robert Forster.

The Jew of Malta

It is an often quoted line, also appearing in Nicholas Monsarrat's 1951 novel, The Cruel Sea, where it is used to underscore the blunt tragedies of war- the novel cuts off a side story of a romance, and the protagonist quotes the line, bitterly, as the main storyline resumes.

Who Will Love My Children?

::Outstanding Achievement in Music Composition for a Limited Series or a Special (Dramatic Underscore) — Laurence Rosenthal


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