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Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma

From Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.arch.embedded, comp.lang.forth
Subject Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma
Date 2016-04-05 03:32 +0100
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <pan.2016.04.05.02.32.53.46000@nowhere.invalid> (permalink)
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On Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:24:10 +0300, upsidedown wrote:

> What is the problem of using Latin-1 (ISO 8859-1) in a programming
> language ?
> 
> In fact it would be a great thing, if you could use UTF-8 in
> programming, e.g. Greek letters Alfa and Beta as program variables ?
> No need to do any translitteration from any textbok variables.

The problem is that it raises the bar for any system needing to touch the
code. It creates problems for printing the code using non-graphical
printers, editing the code on a character-based terminal, transmitting it
through a 7-bit channel, or embedding it in any data format with a limited
character set.

Most computer systems only allow a small number of characters to be
entered without having to resort to numeric codes or searching through
tables for something to be clicked with the mouse. Homoglyphs create
confusion.

Even regular punctuation is bad enough, as most of it requires using the
little fingers or reaching for the top row, possibly along with the use of
the shift (or even AltGr) key.

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Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-04-02 17:49 -0400
  Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-04-03 06:23 +0000
    Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-04-03 02:59 -0400
    Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-04-03 23:14 +0000
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 07:18 +0300
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 07:48 +0300
  Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-04-03 09:45 +0300
  Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Nils M Holm <nmh@ananda.local> - 2016-04-03 07:32 +0000
  Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2016-04-03 05:25 -0400
    Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-03 17:22 -0500
  Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Norbert_Paul <norbertpauls_spambin@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-03 14:05 +0200
  Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-04-03 14:18 +0200
    Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-04-03 20:24 +0300
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Niklas Holsti <niklas.holsti@tidorum.invalid> - 2016-04-03 21:05 +0300
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-04-04 09:00 +0000
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-04-03 21:16 +0300
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-04-04 09:17 +0000
          Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 12:46 +0300
            Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-04-05 06:02 +0000
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-04-03 23:21 +0000
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-04-04 07:11 +0000
          Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-04-04 21:11 +0000
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Robert Wessel <robertwessel2@yahoo.com> - 2016-04-04 00:13 -0500
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma "Boudewijn Dijkstra" <sp4mtr4p.boudewijn@indes.com> - 2016-04-04 14:06 +0200
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Nobody <nobody@nowhere.invalid> - 2016-04-05 03:32 +0100
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma upsidedown@downunder.com - 2016-04-05 09:56 +0300
          Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Albert van der Horst <albert@spenarnc.xs4all.nl> - 2016-04-05 10:03 +0000
            Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-04-05 21:42 +0000
          Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma George Neuner <gneuner2@comcast.net> - 2016-04-05 11:11 -0400
            Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Andrew Haley <andrew29@littlepinkcloud.invalid> - 2016-04-05 11:33 -0500
            Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-04-06 12:50 +0000
        Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma anton@mips.complang.tuwien.ac.at (Anton Ertl) - 2016-04-05 07:15 +0000
          Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-04-05 21:50 +0000
            Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-04-06 01:18 +0300
              Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Charles Allen <ccallen@iceland.freeshell.org> - 2016-04-06 15:20 +0000
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-04-06 18:58 +0300
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 07:04 -0700
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Hans-Bernhard Bröker <HBBroeker@t-online.de> - 2016-04-07 23:40 +0200
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma lasselangwadtchristensen@gmail.com - 2016-04-07 16:04 -0700
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-04-08 09:50 +0200
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 01:01 -0400
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-04-09 13:48 +0200
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma mac <acolvin@efunct.com> - 2016-04-11 18:52 +0000
              Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-04-08 23:11 +0000
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-04-09 03:19 +0300
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2016-04-09 15:04 -0700
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-04-10 01:49 +0300
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2016-04-12 11:48 -0700
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-04-12 22:53 +0300
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2016-04-12 23:03 +0100
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-04-13 09:21 +0200
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Paul <paul@pcserviceselectronics.co.uk> - 2016-04-13 16:51 +0100
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma mac <acolvin@efunct.com> - 2016-04-11 18:52 +0000
                Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Dimiter_Popoff <dp@tgi-sci.com> - 2016-04-11 23:39 +0300
      Re: Decimal Point vs. Decimal Comma Ed Prochak <edprochak@gmail.com> - 2016-04-07 06:39 -0700

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