Re: Internationalization of Lua

[Gregg Reynolds <dev@...>]

On Nov 21, 2016 4:40 PM, "Sean Conner" <sean@conman.org> wrote:
>
> It was thus said that the Great Gregg Reynolds once stated:
> > On Nov 21, 2016 4:25 PM, "Gregg Reynolds" <dev@mobileink.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Nov 21, 2016 4:16 PM, "Sean Conner" <sean@conman.org> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > It was thus said that the Great Peter Hickman once stated:
> > > > > Maybe we should go the MUMPS way and have one letter commands (I am
> > > > > seriously not serious about this) or the APL way and have characters that
> > > > > nobody can type (except maybe the Greeks).
> > > >
> > > >   You just need an APL keyboard.  I missed getting one by ten seconds (my
> > > > friend saw it first---sigh).
> > > >
> > > >   -spc (what makes the loss worse is that it was an IBM Model M ... )
> > >
> > > (OFF TOPIC) My first programming job was an ibm mainframe shop.  I would
> > kill for one of those keyboards.  you could hit them with a hammer and they
> > would shrug it off.
> > >
> > > btw surely you could make a software pale
> >
> > read: APL
> >
> > keyboard?
>
>   Yes, APL keyboard.  It had the APL symbols on the keycaps, along with the
> normal ASCII characters you find.  In fact, you can still get APL keycaps
> and they aren't that expensive:
>
> http://www.pckeyboard.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Category_code=NEW&Product_code=USAPLSET
>
>   -spc (Mmmmmm ... seriously want now ... )
>
dude, you're even more of a tech dork than me, which is saying something. ;)
>