Why use "=>" for symlinks?

[lilydjwg]

exa is much nicer than ls and even ls++, but the use of "=>" confuses me on first sight. ls uses "->" to denote the destination of a symlink. So does rsync. And "=>" is used by rsync to denote hard links. So why doesn't exa take this convention?

[ogham]

I just picked an arrow without putting much thought into it, that's all!