I Had An Epiphany: I Understand Why Ahk Uses the Symbols of ^+!#

Everyone knows that ^ is ctrl, + is shift, etc. But no one has ever thought too deeply about why these specific symbols were chosen...UNTIL NOW.

First realization: each of the 4 symbols used are allowed to be in the name of a windows file. Things like question marks aren't allowed. So they had to choose symbols that are allowed, so users could bend their fingers with the shortcuts as part of the name

2: why the specific symbols for each button??

Everyone understands that each symbol is a perfect fit, and not just us getting used to it. For example if ctrl was ! Instead of ^, it would just feel wrong. They got it right here but how?

This one idk