How is one supposed to know that the APL {lamp}
symbol is a lamp?
I estimate that 100.0% of all programmers know
nothing about APL. For such people, NB. is at
least as readable/understandable/mnemonic as {lamp},
without the problems associated with entering and
displaying {lamp}.
----- Original Message -----
From: Markus Triska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2007 1:59 pm
Subject: Re: [Jgeneral] Displaying J with Unicode Special Symbols
> Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > How is the APL {lamp} symbol an improvement over
> > NB. as far as being more understandable/readable?
>
> It's mnemonic: Comments are supposed to be illuminating, no?
>
> All the best,
> Markus Triska
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