DMD 0.154 release

[John C]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:41:30 +1000, Georg Wrede <georg at nospam.org> wrote:
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>> Let's put it this way: if a programmer insists on using a font where 
>> l,  I, 1, O, 0, etc. have the slightest chance of looking like each 
>> other,  then that programmer is not one we'd want in the D community.
>>
>> I promised Derek to not put down a certain programming language, but  
>> let's just say, that anyone with a history of C (or C++), can't in 
>> their  worst nightmares, imagine using a font that doesn't make a 
>> difference  between 0, O, 1, l, I,,, etc.
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> ROTFLOL ... I went so far as to create a variety of Courier that 
> changed  the lowercase L to look like the lowercase T (t) but without 
> the bar, and  put a dot inside the Zero glyph to make it 
> distinguishable. If anyone  wants it just let me know.
> 

Consolas nicely distinguishes between the letter O and the number 0. As 
do DejaVu Mono and Monaco.

It's just a shame Consolas isn't widely available yet (and requires 
ClearType to do it justice - which is fine by me, I can't stand looking 
at a screen without ClearType turned on anyway).