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From: "James K. Lowden" <jklowden@speakeasy.net>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [OFFTOPIC] Re: Invoking a function from a list of functions
Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2018 11:40:02 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20181116114002.3ba6bcc8dc1e699ba58e08b8@speakeasy.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 2da7504a-8bbf-41b9-993e-a7bacd6c97b2@googlegroups.com

On Thu, 15 Nov 2018 18:48:53 -0800 (PST)
Rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:

> Some corresponding python thoughts and facts:
> http://blog.languager.org/2014/04/unicoded-python.html

I think you're overlooking the paucity of keyboard characters.  I doubt
many programmers want to learn an input system to allow them to
represent, say, u2208.  Never mind *one* input system; you have to
explain how to enter that symbol under Windows, on a Macintosh, in X,
and in a VT100 emulator, if not some combination of those.  

You're also overestimating the mathematical literacy of the programming
public, but that's a separate matter.  :-( 

--jkl




  reply	other threads:[~2018-11-16 16:40 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <mailman.3677.1541718983.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-11-12  5:39 ` Invoking a function from a list of functions Rusi
2018-11-12 15:19   ` [OFFTOPIC] " Stefan Monnier
     [not found]   ` <mailman.3921.1542036006.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-11-16  2:48     ` Rusi
2018-11-16 16:40       ` James K. Lowden [this message]
2018-11-17 15:59         ` Rusi
2018-11-19 22:23           ` James K. Lowden
2018-11-19 23:11             ` Stefan Monnier
2018-11-20  6:15               ` Amin Bandali
2018-11-21 15:05                 ` Stefan Monnier
2018-11-23  3:41                   ` Amin Bandali
     [not found]               ` <mailman.4291.1542694542.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-11-28 14:14                 ` Rusi
2018-12-11 18:48                   ` Amin Bandali
     [not found]             ` <mailman.4280.1542669123.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-11-28 14:10               ` Rusi
2018-11-28 16:31                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-28 18:15                   ` Yuri Khan
2018-11-28 18:57                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2018-11-28 19:08                       ` Yuri Khan
     [not found]                       ` <mailman.4820.1543432126.1284.help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org>
2018-11-29  5:37                         ` Rusi
2018-11-16 16:40       ` James K. Lowden
2018-11-16 17:15         ` Drew Adams

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