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Re: Unicode in Python

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Date 2014-04-23 17:06 +1000
Subject Re: Unicode in Python
From Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.lang.python
Message-ID <mailman.9457.1398236806.18130.python-list@python.org> (permalink)

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On Wed, Apr 23, 2014 at 4:57 PM, Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
> In such a (default) setup typing a ∧ or ∨ is not possible at all without
> something like a char-picker and at best has an ergonomic cost that is an
> order of magnitude higher than the 'naturally available' characters.
>
> On the other hand when/if a keyboard mapping is defined in which
> the characters that are commonly needed are available, it is
> reasonable to expect the ∨,∧ to cost no more than 2 strokes each
> (ie about as much as an 'A'; slightly more than an 'a'. Which means
> that '∨' is expected to cost about the same as 'or' and ∧ to cost less than an 'and'

So how much effort are you going to go to for, effectively, the same
end result? You can type "or" with the same keystrokes, and it takes
zero setup work and zero memorization (you may forget which keystroke
you set up for ∨, but I doubt you'll forget how to spell "or", even if
you think it means gold/yellow). Where's the benefit? I'm seriously
not seeing it.

ChrisA

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Unicode in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 22:31 -0700
  Re: Unicode in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 15:50 +1000
    Re: Unicode in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 23:57 -0700
      Re: Unicode in Python Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 17:06 +1000
      Re: Unicode in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-23 07:29 +0000
      Re: Unicode in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-23 07:53 +0000
        Re: Unicode in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-04-23 10:59 -0700
          Re: Unicode in Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-04-26 00:15 -0700
            Re: Unicode in Python "Frank Millman" <frank@chagford.com> - 2014-04-26 09:45 +0200
            Re: Unicode in Python Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-04-26 17:50 +1000
            Re: Unicode in Python Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2014-04-26 09:38 -0400
              Re: Unicode in Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-04-27 07:29 -0700
              Re: Unicode in Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-04-28 01:57 -0700
                Re: Unicode in Python random832@fastmail.us - 2014-05-01 13:21 -0400
                Re: Unicode in Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-07 23:04 -0700
                Re: Unicode in Python Michael Torrie <torriem@gmail.com> - 2014-05-01 21:50 -0600
                Re: Unicode in Python wxjmfauth@gmail.com - 2014-05-03 00:46 -0700
          Re: Unicode in Python Rustom Mody <rustompmody@gmail.com> - 2014-04-27 10:39 -0700
  Re: Unicode in Python Steven D'Aprano <steve@pearwood.info> - 2014-04-23 05:52 +0000
    Re: Unicode in Python Devin Jeanpierre <jeanpierreda@gmail.com> - 2014-04-22 23:19 -0700
    Re: Unicode in Python Ben Finney <ben@benfinney.id.au> - 2014-04-23 16:41 +1000

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