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From: glen herrmannsfeldt <gah@ugcs.caltech.edu>
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Subject: Re: no more primitive data types in Java (JDK 10+). What do you think?
Date: Fri, 20 Apr 2012 21:48:59 +0000 (UTC)
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Lew <lewbloch@gmail.com> wrote:
(snip)
>> >Class 6 Extends 14 {}
>> abstract class Peano { }
>> class 0 extends Peano { }

(snip)
> And that's relevant because ... ?

> Do you think they'll suddenly allow leading digits in class 
> identifiers for Java code? I think not.

As I remember, all unicode letters are allowed. There are plenty
that could be confusing to readers. Maybe there aren't any that
look like roman digits, though. There are many that look like,
but aren't the same character as, roman alphabet letters.

-- glen