What does a lambda prompt indicate at the command line? [closed]

Question

I just installed Cmder on a Windows box as a precursor to getting Cygwin installed and a bash shell going.

It's my first time installing it, and I notice the prompt character used is lambda 'λ'. I'm more used to seeing '$' as a default prompt character, at least in a *nix environment.

Does a lambda indicate anything in particular from some other computing tradition? Or is this the default just because it looks cool?

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Answer 1

I don't think it serves a particular use other than looking cool. 😄

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