Why are @, `, and $ not used in C?

[Ken Johnson]

> Why are @, `, and $ not used in C?

I understand that 3 free Ascii codes were left so as to allow C to be
ported into a language with a 29-letter alphabet.  Which one I can't
imagine. 


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