Re: Rationale wanted for Unicode identifier rules

From: Valeriy E. Ushakov (uwe@ptc.spbu.ru)
Date: Wed Mar 01 2000 - 22:56:49 EST

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On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:41:00AM -0800, Kenneth Whistler wrote:

> There is no advantage to a formal programming language standard
> allowing ... <insert random dingbats and box-drawing characters at
> your pleasure> to be a valid identifier.

That would be a great idea for an obfuscated C code contest entry.
A brand new twist at obfuscation! Sorry, just couldn't resist. ;-)

SY, Uwe

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