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There are at least three instances of source code being displayed in the [[anime]].    | There are at least three instances of source code being displayed in the [[anime]].    | ||
==Layer 01==  | ==Layer 01==  | ||
A teacher is seen copying some C code onto the chalkboard in [[Layer 01]] just before Lain's fingertips begin to emit [[Paranormal occurrences|ectoplasm]]. It features a yen symbol instead of a backslash in an escape sequence; this is because certain japanese fonts render the backslash character as the yen symbol, such as the UD Digi Kyokasho font family. It is unclear whether or not this is intentional or holds any  significance. Part of the code is not visible because the teacher is standing in the way. It reads as follows:  | A teacher is seen copying some C code onto the chalkboard in [[Layer 01]] just before Lain's fingertips begin to emit [[Paranormal occurrences in Serial Experiments Lain|ectoplasm]]. It features a yen symbol instead of a backslash in an escape sequence; this is because certain japanese fonts render the backslash character as the yen symbol, such as the UD Digi Kyokasho font family. It is unclear whether or not this is intentional or holds any  significance. Part of the code is not visible because the teacher is standing in the way. It reads as follows:  | ||
  a='A'; b='B';  |   a='A'; b='B';  | ||