--- "Mr. Nobody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Michael Lazzaro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Well, I don't know about anyone else, but *I'm* planning on making > > many, many Unicode synonyms, to make my code shorter and more readable. > > > > For example, C<for> is too long, so I want to just make it curly-f, > > (Æ’). And C<when> is even longer, so I'm going to use something else, > > probably lowercase omega (ω). > > > > The numbers-in-a-circle characters can be used for array options. > > Instead of @array[3], I'll be saying @arrayâz<caron>Œ. And @arrayâ‘¢ > will > mean > > "every element of the array except for the third." > > > > I'm still looking for the Unicode sad-faced-clown-on-fire character. > > When I find it, I think I'm gonna make it mean C<shift>. Well, that or > > C<unshift>, I can't decide. It depends on how sad the clown looks. > > > > MikeL > > > > I think this is a great idea. Until now, it's been possible to read other > people's code, so companies can fire a programmer and still have people who > can read their code. Now employees will be able to be as bad as they want > and > nobody will be able to fire them. Job security through Unicode! > > (Yes, that was sarcasm.)
Argh, I just realized the original was probably sarcastic too. Now I look like an idiot. Well, moreso than before. __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com
