tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post8389813109262130285..comments2024-01-16T14:32:49.175+00:00Comments on Arcane Sentiment: Another problem with non-ASCII operatorsArcane Sentimenthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04144052171693893368noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post-57756140095136008402012-04-29T02:28:00.521+00:002012-04-29T02:28:00.521+00:00The display problem is pretty much solved. The ke...The display problem is pretty much solved. The keyboarding problem is not one bit solved (for those of us who don't have Knight keyboards, which is most of us), and that's why most of those Unicode characters languish unused in programs, and even Fortress has to have ASCII as well as Unicode input mode.John Cowanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11452247999156925669noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post-3229482487438789182011-07-07T13:13:17.487+00:002011-07-07T13:13:17.487+00:00I use λ (or the less readable →) in writing, but t...I use λ (or the <a href="http://arcanesentiment.blogspot.com/2010/09/is-infix-lambda-hard-to-read.html" rel="nofollow">less readable</a> →) in writing, but the awkwardness of typing it means I'm not very tempted to use it on screen. It might be different if I were accustomed to having a convenient keychord for it (as in DrRacket).<br /><br />λ is also sometimes jarring to read on screen, since different scripts don't generally look alike even within the same font.Arcane Sentimenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04144052171693893368noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6454006.post-24302282713475197802011-05-20T11:14:51.167+00:002011-05-20T11:14:51.167+00:00Are you tempted to use 'λ' for lambda?
As...Are you tempted to use 'λ' for lambda?<br /><br />As you probably know, Racket encourages the use of 'λ' (at least, it devotes a menu item to it, although of course it allows 'lambda' as a synonym).Jason Grossmannoreply@blogger.com