DMD 0.154 release

Bruno Medeiros brunodomedeirosATgmail at SPAM.com
Fri Apr 14 03:45:00 PDT 2006


Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Apr 2006 10:41:30 +1000, Georg Wrede <georg at nospam.org> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>>
>> 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.
> 
> 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.
> 
> --Derek Parnell
> Melbourne, Australia

Huh? Doesn't Courier New already distinguishes between the two?
ilIL0O -> all look different.


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