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andrewshadura • today at 2:23 PM • 1 reply • view on HN

It's not, actually. The actual difference is that beta is a form of B, while Eszett is two letters s (a long one and a short one) joined together and drawn with a single stroke. Alternatively, a letter s and a letter z (hence the name Eszett).


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AndrewKemendo • today at 5:25 PM

You gave the history of it

But the context of the question is how a system like a human can make a visual distinction quickly via a characteristic

The characteristic I gave was the little tail which is independent of knowing the derivative of how it got its tail

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