On Friday, November 24, 2017 at 12:20:29 AM UTC+5:30, Mikhail V wrote: > Ok, I personally could find some practical usage for that, but > merely for fun. I doubt though that someone with less > typographical experience and overall computer literacy could > really make benefits even for personal usage. > > So - fun is one benefit. And fun is important. But is that the > idea behind it?
Are you under-estimating the fun-value? Python 3.5.3 (default, Sep 14 2017, 22:58:41) [GCC 6.3.0 20170406] on linux Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> python.el: native completion setup loaded >>> A = 1 >>> Α = 2 >>> А = 3 >>> (A, Α, А) (1, 2, 3) >>> # And there are 5 other variations on this magic trick >>> # Or if you prefer… >>> A == Α False >>> Now compare with the boring spoilsport called python 2: Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08) [GCC 6.3.0 20170118] on linux2 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >>> python.el: native completion setup loaded >>> A = 1 >>> Α = 2 File "<stdin>", line 1 Α = 2 ^ SyntaxError: invalid syntax >>> Personally I feel that there should be a law against languages that disallow the creation of magic tricks!¡! -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list