Less-than sign been repurposed for a range of uses and operations. The less-than sign (<) is an original ASCII character (hex 3C, decimal 60). The less-than sign is used for an approximation of the opening angle bracket (⟨). ASCII does not have angle brackets. In BASIC, Lisp-family languages, and C-family languages (including Java and C++), operator < means "less than". In Coldfusion, operator .lt. means "less than". In Fortran, operator .LT. means "less than"; later versions allow <. In Bourne shell, operator -lt means "less than". The double less-than sign («) is used for an approximation of the much-less-than sign (≪) or
Less Than Zero (novel) School in Encino, California, where Bonaduce, recording artist Michael Jackson, film actor Christian Brando, and other children of wealth and celebrity went to school together. In commenting on the novel, Bonaduce notes, "When the book "Less Than Zero" came out, all my classmates were pissed. Not because it was an exact portrayal of our school - but because we failed to get any royalties." "Less Than Zero" has an extensive cast of characters; the ones listed play major roles throughout the novel. The book "Less Than Zero" was very loosely adapted into a movie in 1987 by 20th Century Fox