Racket distinguishes between F and D, but collapses the other two markers. On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:09 AM, Peter Bex <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 11:28:17AM +0200, Peter Bex wrote: >> On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 10:22:59AM +0100, Alaric Snell-Pym wrote: >> > The reason for them, as I saw it, was that #t and #f are easy to confuse >> > in many fonts, which is an accident waiting to happen! >> >> That's just silly. The user can get a proper font, this is not >> something the language needs to work around. Next you'll say we need to >> force uppercase identifiers because the number 1 and the letter l can be >> confused too easily otherwise! > > That reminds me, has it already been proposed to remove the 'l' > and also 's', 'd' and 'f' exponent markers? Are there any Schemes > in current use that actually distinguish between these markers? > > For example, 1l1 vs 1e1; which is more readable? ;) > > Cheers, > Peter > -- > http://sjamaan.ath.cx > -- > "The process of preparing programs for a digital computer > is especially attractive, not only because it can be economically > and scientifically rewarding, but also because it can be an aesthetic > experience much like composing poetry or music." > -- Donald Knuth > > _______________________________________________ > Scheme-reports mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.scheme-reports.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/scheme-reports
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