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Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals?

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On 08-02-2011 05:10, Ken Wesson wrote:
> On Mon, 07 Feb 2011 19:16:35 -0500, Lew wrote:
>> Especially after several people have set him straight!
>
> Nobody has "set me straight". One of you has clarified that the original
> use of "micro-optimization" was intended to disparage rather than to be
> neutral. There is a difference between "clarified" and "set someone
> straight". The difference is the same as someone having allowed for
> several possibilities, one of which turned out to be the case, and
> someone having only allowed for one possibility and having been wrong.
> You seem to think the latter occurred but it was the former, as I have
> said several times now.

That all depends.

If you are a programmer is´t was "set me straight".

If you are ordinary word processor and spreadsheet user then
it is "clarified".

Given that this is cljp, then the first was assumed.

>> What reason in the world can someone have to argue with the answers
>> universally provided by knowledgeable professionals in response to his
>> question?
>
> This is not even meaningful in this context, because I hadn't asked a
> question.

You did not post anything intended as a question.

But posting misunderstandings about programming terminology
in a programming group tend to be considered an implicit question
to be answered.

Arne

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Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> - 2011-02-08 11:10 +0100
  Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-08 22:51 -0500

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