meaning of yu shiang whole fish

1. Yu-Shiang Whole Fish /yoo-shyang hohl fish/ An obsolete name for the Greek character gamma extended SAIL ASCII code 9, Unicode glyph 0x0263 which with a loop in its tail looks like a little fish swimming down the page. The term is actually the name of a Chinese dish in which a fish is cooked whole not parsed and covered with Yu-Shiang or Yu-Hsiang sauce. Used primarily by people on the MIT LISP Machine, which could display this character on the screen. Tends to elicit incredulity from people who hear about it second-hand. [Jargon File]


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