Re: Tcl and Unicode [Was: Re: Tcl as the choice for programming 101
- From: "R. T. Wurth" <rwurth@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 22 Nov 2006 13:53:37 GMT
"Larry W. Virden" <lvirden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
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suchenwi wrote:
I can almost envision what contents to teach in Programming 101:
- characters (ASCII, Unicode)
:
...
What a pity my daughters never wanted to learn Tcl :(
Okay, maybe I am missing something. But while Tcl internal processing
handles Unicode, I certainly would not think of its script level
handling of Unicode as something suitable for students to learn.
Who wants to have to learn hex codes to be able to code various Unicode
characters?
It seems, to me, that some sort of extension providing a mnemonic
method of generating the unicode would be better:
set alpha [toUnicode tolower(Greek alpha)]
seems better than
set alpha
\uWhateverTheCodeIs...GoodLuckFindingTclDocThatHelpsYouFigureThatOut
You mean integrating something like "The Lish Family",
http://wiki.tcl.tk/713 into the interpreter or as an extension?
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Rich Wurth / rwurth@xxxxxxx / Rumson, NJ
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