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On Sat, Dec 22, 2012 at 1:31 PM, Dan Sommers <dan@tombstonezero.net> wrote:
> So why are we all so comfortable with using "*" as the operator for
> multiplication?  I'm sure that a new programming language that dared to
> use U+00D7 or U+2715 for multiplication would be instantly rejected on
> the grounds that it was confusing and incompatible with current practice.

As long as the language doesn't also use "*" for anything so that I
can just alias Shift-8 in my editor, no objections here.