Joey K Tuttle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I agree with Roger that +/ and */ convey a concept better than Sigma
> and Pi - and indeed, as he asks, "What about *./ etc.?"
I agree with that. On the other hand, there are Unicode APL symbols
that J can benefit from, like {lamp} (= U+235D) for comments.
> All of this begs the issue that not only is it hard to communicate
> using these symbols (I'm not even trying in this message) the
> results are just plain UGLY in terms of display. (this may be a
> bias from the hundreds of hours I have spent in trying to make APL
> characters look nice) My opinion of the unicode APL characters is
> that they look like a ransom note font (i.e. one clipped from
Unicode doesn't specify how a symbol ought to be displayed, so you can
use any font or method you like for display. Regarding communication:
It's easy nowadays to install a Unicode-aware editor or use a UTF-8
capable mailer; browsers support it too (try the group's web archive).
All the best,
Markus Triska
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