I wrote:
> But I think that literal >> and << are quite nice alternatives for  and
> Â [1], and if the only think that's holding us back is the bitshift
> operators, we should kill them -- turn them into functions or something.
> C and C aren't so bad, are they?
Or named operators. As in:
$
Austin Hastings writes:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Gordon Henriksen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Austin Hastings wrote:
> >
> > > OTOH, Robin's concern for how to code when you're stuck with 7 bit
> > > ascii on the boot console of a Sun box remains valid, and *I* sure
> > > would ra
> -Original Message-
> From: Gordon Henriksen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Austin Hastings wrote:
>
> > OTOH, Robin's concern for how to code when you're stuck with 7 bit
> > ascii on the boot console of a Sun box remains valid, and *I* sure
> > would rather have a short name available in a
Austin Hastings wrote:
OTOH, Robin's concern for how to code when you're stuck with 7 bit
ascii on the boot console of a Sun box remains valid, and *I* sure
would rather have a short name available in a standard way.
Perhaps a solution is a cultural one, that it simply be a point of good
style
