a style question
Rahul Dhesi
dhesi%cirrusl at oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com
Thu Oct 4 10:06:53 AEST 1990
In <1990Oct1.174625.22061 at zoo.toronto.edu> henry at zoo.toronto.edu (Henry
Spencer) writes:
>In what way is "ix" superior to "i"?
Not only is "ix" not superior to "i", but it is in fact much
inferior. Anybody with a mathematical (or FORTAN ;-) background, upon
seeing "i", will immediately and subconsciously react, "Ah! We're
acting on the i-th element in a series!". But when I see "ix", I say
to myself, "ix?? What's ix??".
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Rahul Dhesi <dhesi%cirrusl at oliveb.ATC.olivetti.com>
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