> On 11 Nov 2019, at 15:26, Rhodri James <rho...@kynesim.co.uk> wrote: > > On 10/11/2019 20:50, Martin Euredjian via Python-ideas wrote: >> It does, it's an extension of the reality that, after so many >> decades, we are still typing words on a text editor. In other words, >> my comment isn't so much about the mechanics and editors that are >> available as much as the fact that the way we communicate and define >> the computational solution of problems (be it to other humans or the >> machine that will execute the instructions) is through typing text >> into some kind of a text editor. > > You seem to be stuck on the idea that symbols (non-ASCII characters) are > inherently more expressive than text, specifically that a single symbol is > easier to comprehend and use than a composition of several symbols. This is a > lovely theory. Unfortunately it's wrong.
I'm gonna bet it's correct in some limited cases. Like APLs sort functions. Way easier to understand directly than "ascending" and "descending". Maybe it's just that I'm a non-native English speaker. But I feel the same way towards my native "stigande" and "fallande" so I don't think so. _______________________________________________ Python-ideas mailing list -- python-ideas@python.org To unsubscribe send an email to python-ideas-le...@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman3/lists/python-ideas.python.org/ Message archived at https://mail.python.org/archives/list/python-ideas@python.org/message/T64HGZQH2CZTJ7LFUXXMDGEMBOC5KGTV/ Code of Conduct: http://python.org/psf/codeofconduct/
