[erlang-questions] A proposal for Unicode variable and atom names in Erlang.

Anthony Ramine n.oxyde@REDACTED
Mon Oct 22 08:00:49 CEST 2012


A good reason is mathematical symbols. If I read a functional pearl
which defines a function δ, I do want to name it as such.

Also non-latin users who don't know English should be able to use
atoms and variables they understand.

On Mon, Oct 22, 2012 at 7:08 AM, Yurii Rashkovskii <yrashk@REDACTED> wrote:
> Richard,
>
> Please excuse my ignorance, but can you name a single good reason for
> non-latin atoms and variable names? From my personal point of view, this is
> a sure road to hell.



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