yeah ß is not an β
alt gr + s writes ß ( but this is not an beta )
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F#Graphically_similar_letters
However, the reverse substitution of using German "ß" as a surrogate
for Greek "β" once was common when describing beta test versions of
application programs for older operating systems
not the case (older operating systems) , but I don't know type one beta
character
On Ter, 2016-05-10 at 22:47 +0100, Pawel Bogucki wrote:
Probably because it looks similar to β when looking at keyboard map
:-)
On 10 May 2016 9:21 p.m., "Gordon Messmer" <gordon.messmer(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%9F
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> Why eszett?
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