Re: Brian Kernighan, maybe I'm not worthy, maybe I'm scum


"Randy Howard" <randyhoward@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message

Some extension of trigraphs springs to mind :)

The problem, with trigraphs as well as the &name; format, is that you can't read more than a few characters without real effort. However if the editor does the conversion for you, this disappears.

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