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From: "Stephen Fuld" <SFuld@alumni.cmu.edu.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Unicode in strings
Date: Thu, 30 May 2024 03:21:13 -0000 (UTC)
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Lawrence D'Oliveiro wrote:


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> They wanted symbols like “÷”, “×”, “↑”, “≤”, “≥”, “≠”, “≡”, “⊃”, “∨”,
> “∧”, “¬” ... you get the idea. I don’t any computer system on earth
> could provide all those symbols at the time, or even, say, 20 years
> later.

See APL.  So many symbols that the language is almost impossible to
read without a significant investment in learning them.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/APL_syntax_and_symbols#Monadic_functions


Please note that I am not advocating this.   It is at the opposite end
of the spectrum from COBOL where you could get by with no special
characters beyond periods.  Neither was a good choice.



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 - Stephen Fuld 
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