Why is every app for programming information endowed with a logo containing </> ??

Well this is awkward

Because it’s universally accepted as the code icon.......

Because HTML is a coding language, didn't you know?

Cooler than all the braces... this one is not even a bracket and it still outcools the others

@C0D4 i don't see how HTML is 'universally accepted' as the programming icon. That's like saying the chinese flag is the logo of Earth because it has the largest population.

Most people don't even use HTML in a development job

@TheVariant

The </> tag doesn’t necessarily mean HTML. It could be XML or another Markup Language.

I would think it’s a universal icon as much as 👤means person / user depending on context.

</> is easily identified as code, can you show me another use for it?

Let’s ask Google while I’m at it:
https://google.com.au/search/...

I know what I see showing up more.

As for the Chinese flag being seen as a world flag, no we with have a UN flag for that.

@C0D4 you didn't understand what I said, I said 'its like' if we had the Chinese flag as our symbol I know we don't. And markup languages don't look like c, do they? They don't look like java or c++ or any non ML either. Of course a silhouette looks like most all people unless they have a deformity. :^)