Re: Characters for Programming Languages

From: Jonathan Coxhead (jonathan@doves.demon.co.uk)
Date: Tue Jun 20 2000 - 14:07:33 EDT


> I am interested in using additional characters for programming languages.
> C++ and other languages cause all sort of programs and mistakes
> reusing (overloading) the use of the small set of ASCII character.
> The set of math characters contains most of what would be nice but
> I do not see additional parentheses. The ASCII () [] {} are not
> sufficient.
> It would be nice of at least three more pairs were added to the math set.

   How about

RIGHT ANGLE BRACKET, LEFT ANGLE BRACKET
RIGHT BLACK LENTICULAR BRACKET, LEFT BLACK LENTICULAR BRACKET
RIGHT FLOOR, LEFT FLOOR
RIGHT TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET, LEFT TORTOISE SHELL BRACKET
RIGHT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET, LEFT WHITE LENTICULAR BRACKET
RIGHT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET, LEFT-POINTING ANGLE BRACKET

   There are lots of quotation marks, arrows, etc, which you could use
productively as well.

> I also do not see the common divide symbol, sort of like a colon with a
> minus through it.

   DIVISION SIGN is within the first 256 characters (U+0097).

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