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Subject: Re: Is it -2ROT or 2-ROT ?
Date: Sun, 14 May 2017 21:42:55 -0700
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rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> writes:
> As long as <ROT and ROT> aren't presently used for anything,...
> I truly can't believe anyone would give a hoot about one extra
> character to type.  It's more an issue of why bother thinking about
> it?

It's not the extra character, it's that I can never remember which
direction is ROT and which is -ROT, and I suspect it's the same for
(some) other users too.  But it's not worth making a change this late in
the game.