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 Jake band programs. On June 20, 2011, the band released an EP, entitled "Greetings from Less Than Jake", which was made available on the group's online store and was sold on Warped Tour 2011 as well. On February 16, 2012 Less Than Jake released a follow-up EP, entitled "Seasons Greetings from Less Than Jake". The band announced both EP's would be re-released, with 2 unreleased songs, as part of a new album called "Greetings and Salutations from Less Than Jake", released in October 2012 through Fat Wreck Chords, who had released "Borders and Boundaries". On April 17, 2013, Less Than Jake