UTF-8 Unicode operators vs digraphs

[user1234]

On Tuesday, 11 August 2026 at 17:34:00 UTC, Dlighted wrote:
> [...]
> I think especially digraphs like >= <= != are a relict of the 
> past.
> They are stand-ins for ≥ ≤ ≠ just like C has for many other now 
> common symbols. I'm supposed to do mental gymnastics and 
> visually overlap the symbols to see the actual symbol.

This part of the problem is solved if you use a programming font 
with ligatures (FiraCode, JetBrainsMono, etc.).