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
Allied Masonic Degrees with the presiding officer being denominated 'Sovereign Master." The Councils are given wide discretion as to choose how frequently they meet and what programs to pursue. Generally speaking, Councils study or discuss Freemasonry in some way at each meeting. The Grand Council has created some internal honors, the most notable being "Knight Grand Cross". The degrees conferred in the United States are: In Canada, the degrees conferred are: Optional degrees are: Royal Order of the Red Branch of Eri: "Fun" degrees: (given at the Annual Assembly) Allied Masonic Degrees The Allied Masonic Degrees (AMD) are a series of Masonic degrees