Path: csiph.com!weretis.net!feeder8.news.weretis.net!eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Tim Rentsch Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: C vs Haskell for XML parsing Date: Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:48:30 -0700 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 18 Message-ID: <86o7ilspa9.fsf@linuxsc.com> References: <576801fa-2842-40dc-bf19-221a5b1cf660n@googlegroups.com> <20230826123929.770@kylheku.com> <20230826210521.20@kylheku.com> <20230827151627.814@kylheku.com> <87edjocbqj.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86edjnxo81.fsf@linuxsc.com> <87ledubyeh.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <861qfmwwvy.fsf@linuxsc.com> <20230828182115.305@kylheku.com> <875y4xboly.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <87o7io9xsv.fsf@nosuchdomain.example.com> <86a5u7u39b.fsf@linuxsc.com> <20230831011341.24@kylheku.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="e13a49a448cc252f76540c1a5198a3b9"; logging-data="4175704"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/pohznnJBH89/AY9XnsxC99tHBDzNeuJc=" User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:ZYtEzEm0LayVG791fSiJAKz/0f8= sha1:r2gWwyLBVmBX/6jw44Myy3/jtsM= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:173547 Kaz Kylheku <864-117-4973@kylheku.com> writes: > On 2023-08-31, Tim Rentsch wrote: > >> in identifiers. As an example, consider an implementation that >> supports the common extension of allowing dollar signs in >> identifiers. It would make sense, in case a keyboard is being >> used that doesn't have a dollar sign key, to allow the universal >> character name for dollar sign (\u0024, IIANM). Other universal > > Maybe let that coder expense $15 on the company credit card to get a > better keyboard instad of inflicting \u0024 on future maintainers of the > code. A pointless observation. It's the implementor who is making the decision, and it's easier just to put in the exception than to try to convince even one potential user to get a new keyboard.