Re: UTF-8 identifiers [was: Re: Lua t-shirts]

[KHMan <keinhong@...>]

Lyndon Nerenberg - VE6BBM/VE7TFX wrote:
> > The only language I know that is doing this is Falcon (
> > http://falconpl.org/ ). If there are stats for how many people use
> > this feature it would be interesting.
>
> Plan 9 has had native Unicode support pretty much since day one (circa
> 1989).  E.g.:
>
> 	int Δt = time(0) - αρχη;
>
> is valid C. There have been no issues with people using visually
> similar characters in a way that causes confusion.  Mind you, Plan 9
> users tend to be militant minimalists, so nobody uses this feature
> just because they can. 
>
> Sun's Fortress language also fully integrates Unicode into its
> grammar.

Ah, but have you seen the size of a proper Unicode integration?

The more vocal the "militant minimalists" are, the less I trust 
them. Too much fashion, branding and PR in IT and CompSci these days.

I'll wait for someone to turn out some working code first, else 
it's all talk...

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Cheers,
Kein-Hong Man (esq.)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia