Why do we use '-- ' as a .sig separator ?

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From: sla... Simon Slavin
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 1998 00:00

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Okay, I know the appropriate documentation (soRFC1036), but what
caused us to start using that particular line text as a .sig
separator as opposed to, say '- -', or '++**++' or 'wibble'.

Simon.
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Subject: Why do we use '-- ' as a .sig separator ?
Date: 1998/01/26
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