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From: Tim Rentsch <tr.17687@z991.linuxsc.com>
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Subject: Re: Unicode in C Sources
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 06:23:58 -0800
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Manfred <noname@add.invalid> writes:

> [Assuming glyph confusion is avoided,] I find the possibility of
> some symbol (greek) letters in math code somewhat attractive.

Is it important to have even more one-character identifiers?
Rather than use greek characters just spell them out in regular
letters:  alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta,
iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu, xi, omikron, pi, rho, sigma, tau,
upsilon, phi, chi, psi, or omega.