On Thu, Apr 15, 2004 at 11:45:27AM +0200, Juerd wrote:
> David Storrs skribis 2004-04-14 22:39 (-0700):
> > Very top row, one space right of the F12 key. Extremely awkward.
> > (This is a US keyboard on a Dell Inspiron 5100 laptop.)
>
> That is inconvenient.
Yup.
> > 1) ` looks like it should be a bracketing operator
>
> I think you means circumfix/balanced operator.
If you prefer those terms, sure.
> > 2) In some fonts, ` is hard to see.
> > 3) In some fonts, ` is hard to disambiguate from ' if you can see it.
>
> In some fonts, the difference between () and {} is hard to see.
> In some fonts, the difference between 1, l and I is hard to see.
> In some fonts, the difference between 0 and O is hard to see.
> In some fonts, the , is hard to see.
> In some fonts, " and '' look exactly the same.
All true.
> Don't use those fonts when programming, period. Use a fixed width font.
> No fixed width font that I have ever seen makes ` hard to see.
I am currently using a fixed width font to read this message. ` is
hard to see.
> > 4) This argument has not been made strongly enough (...)
>
> I'm not here to do anything weakly, strongly or forcefully.
s/strongly/convincingly/
> > 5) I use `` in short utility scripts all the time, and would hate to
> > lose it. To anyone who says that that is dangerous and should be
> > discouraged--my machine, my code, my problem. (And I work for
> > myself, so I am the only one who will be maintaining it.)
>
> As said in several messages in this thread before, `` does not have to
> go to support %hash`key. %hash`key has already been succesfully
> implemented in perl 5.8.3 and does not harm `` there at all.
You point is granted. However, mine still stands.
--Dks
