What’s problematic OTOH is locating such sign on most keyboards. With $ it’s much easier.
¤ was part of money's design discussion, and I have it in my
format exploration. In addition to the typing issue, it's universal but also universally unknown. :^\ One thought I had in format was that $ could be literal for that symbol, but ¤ could be replaced based on a locale setting.
While it may be of no importance, on Code Golf Stack Exchange, Red is the Language of the Month, which means more people will try to learn it and use it in the contest of code golf (where it does quite well, other than requiring a
Red[] header :)
Once we finish HOFs there'll be no competition ;)
Let people know they can come here for tips and tricks.
For the compass problem, others just use a literal, so Red could do that too, avoiding
prin.
./ripgrep>rg -tred /user:
unrecognized file type: red
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@pekr to get the Euro symbol, on the mac you type Option + Shift + 2, and on windows Alt and type 0128 The universal currency symbol was a really dumb idea, as it is nobody's currency, so basically a wasted unicode glyph that only confuses people. The committee running the Unicode consortium are dumb as doorposts; constantly making it more and more complex, and now busy turning it into a completely unsystematic clip art database that is only accessed by number, which is a misguided thing to do.
on windows Alt and type 0128
Two issues: smaller keyboards don't have numpad, and you have to memorize the code which is a waste of brain cells. That's why I also asked Gregg not to use this symbol in format.
Oh and 3rd issue: I've experienced that in this load of crap which is W10 Alt+numpad entering didn't work in a whole range of revisions.
@meijeru @hiiamboris It's probably my fault. @wezl:privacytools.io created the nomination, then I added more text to it. This sentence clearly doesn't make much sense. I suggest the following edit:
- Red doesn't have reserved words, even conditionals and looping constructs are functions that use blocks (arrays / lists of arbitrary values) for their bodies.
If it's the "reserved words" you want to put accent onto, how about:
- Red doesn't have reserved words. Even conditionals and looping constructs are ("native" function) values provided by runtime, which can be assigned any names.
and @wezl:privacytools.io
Something I've always wondered about this language: Has someone used it in each domain highlighted in this graphic? https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-xhOP35Dm99w/UuXFKgY2dlI/AAAAAAAAAGA/YQu98_pPDjw/s1600/reichart-abstraction-diagram.png
Is the split in the line mean to represent Red/System?
