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I just installed Cmder on a Windows box as a precursor to getting Cygwin installed and a bash shell going.

It's my first time installing it, and I notice the prompt character used is lambda 'λ'. I'm more used to seeing '$' as a default prompt character, at least in a *nix environment.

Does a lambda indicate anything in particular from some other computing tradition? Or is this the default just because it looks cool?

Gilles Quénot
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scanny
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    StackOverflow's scope is limited to questions that are both ["unique to software development"](https://stackoverflow.com/help/on-topic) and practical in nature. This is probably a better fit for [SuperUser](https://superuser.com/) – Charles Duffy Mar 06 '18 at 23:26

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I don't think it serves a particular use other than looking cool.

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