> > > IMO, the best argument against using unicode symbols for operators defined by > mathematics is that they are currently difficult to type. > > And there is no realistic hope of that changing. This issue is so compelling > that C and C++ introduced standardized text-ascii alternatives for the > punctuation operators to relieve stress on non-english keyboard users.
I don’t agree that there is no realistic hope of that changing. It appears to be pretty reasonable to anticipate that we’ll all be using software-driven keyboards that can display software-defined symbols on the keys in the relatively near future (probably 5 years, certainly 10). All kinds of interesting things become possible when that happens, including the ability to make unicode operators much easier to discover and type in a programmer’s editor.
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