[gathering-options] Arrow symbol

[Yuval Shavit]

2011/6/27 Andrew Haley <aph at redhat.com>

> On 24/06/11 22:44, Yuval Shavit wrote:
> > I personally think that using a unicode/non-ascii character would almost
> be
> > like a cruel joke. "We'll give you a nice, concise syntax -- but you have
> to
> > cramp your fingers and remember code points!" And relying on IDEs to fix
> a
> > problem that shouldn't exist in the first place seems like bad policy.
> >
> > I know I don't have a lot of clout in this list :-) but the unicode chars
> > have been bouncing around long enough that I'd feel remiss if I didn't
> say
> > that, as someone who's very much looking forward to lambdas in Java, my
> > reaction to having to type λ would be "at least there's a pony."
>
> I didn't expect the suggestion to be taken seriously, although I am
> still a little bemused by the reluctance to move beyond the
> capabilities of a teletype.  ;-)
>

It's not the teletype that restricts me, it's my actual keyboard. :-)  When
keyboards start including λ as a standard key (or available with a
shift+key), I'll be more than happy to revisit my reluctance.