DMD 0.154 release
Walter Bright
newshound at digitalmars.com
Thu Apr 13 17:50:01 PDT 2006
Georg Wrede 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.
>
> Having said that, I don't have a specific opinion about what Walter was
> thinking of.
I certainly prefer a font that distinguishes them. But arial and
helvetica don't, are very common, and tend to creep in by default.
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