emptist wrote: > Hi, > I wonder if it's supported feature to use two byte chars such as Chinese > Chars for varialbe/function names. I have tried typing a few but have got > errors. Am I missing something? > The thought is that if that's availible then one would be able to write a > one-charactor wrapper for each single primitive notation one has learned so > far and finally every primitives got wrapped each by one single Chinese > Character. Since one character means one word in Chinese, it will be > interesting to try it out though it will be a great chanlenge. And if that > done, it's helpful to introduce J to local people. > > Thanks > > Best Regards, > > Empt > This sounds like an incredibly BAD idea. As a new programmer in the 1960's I soon learned that uniform, meaningful, and concise variable and function names were an excellent idea.
Your command of English appears to be imperfect but that does not detract from my argument. Language choice is, of course, the option of the programmer. Variable names and Function names are fundamental to the effective communication within the computing community. These icons should be almost universally recognisable. Imagine if Einstein were not European... would E=Mc^2 /be a universal symbolic representation ?/ What would happen if Chinese workers in microbiology chose to use local (rather than Latin or Greek ) names for their scientific work? Would the DNA codons be lost in obscurity? I think it is best to stick with virtually universal symbols for scientific work. Chinese students are surely capable of learning a few more programming glyphs... they already have a rich tradition of assuming western symbols into their computing work. Jim... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
