And then there's Fortress, of course:
http://projectfortress.sun.com/Projects/Community/wiki/FortressByExample

Also a JVM language :)


On 29 June 2010 23:07, Kevin Wright <[email protected]> wrote:

> Java source files already are (or can be) UTF-8
>
> Scala takes this further, and has actually started using Unicode operators:
>
> http://scala-programming-language.1934581.n4.nabble.com/More-unicode-alternatives-for-ASCII-operators-td2008146.html
>
> Scalaz takes this to something of an extreme:
> (warning: Category Theory features heavily in the library)
>
> http://scalaz.googlecode.com/svn/continuous/latest/browse.sxr/scalaz/example/Example.scala.html
>
> Though in both cases, ASCII alternatives are *always* supplied.
>
> The two biggest problems?  Typing the chars (though autocomplete helps) and
> finding fonts that actually have the chars :)
>
>
>
> On 29 June 2010 22:24, Dominic Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Jun 29, 2010 at 4:08 PM, Robert Casto <[email protected]>wrote:
>>
>>> Seriously, why do we have to use ASCII text files anyway?
>>>
>>
>> You're right.  Why do we have to use ASCII?  This is the 21st century — we
>> can use UTF-8!  Now, instead of space vs tab, you can debate: space vs tab
>> vs en space vs em space vs zero width space vs thin space vs hair space vs
>> zero width no-break space.
>>
>> Yay for the future!
>>
>> -Dom
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