On Thu, Oct 22, 2009 at 04:17:19PM -0400, Niki Yoshiuchi wrote:
However, anything that can be done to make the source code for suckless
projects suck less (in regards to its interactions with software, some of
which may suck) is a Good Thing.
Since this change requires no real effort and can slightly improve its
interactions with other software, why not just do it?
How would it make the software suck less? How would it improve
interactions with other software? No one's even posed a good
case for this causing problems at all. So, in a non-UTF-8 locale
you don't see a copyright sign. In 8859-1, you see ©; what a
nightmare! Seriously, this isn't an issue. People with a UTF-8
locale get a nice copyright sign, for everyone else, the legal
validity is the same. If they don't like it, they can piss off,
or read up on how to turn on a UTF-8 locale.
--
Kris Maglione
It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to
students that have had prior exposure to Basic; as potential
programmers they are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
--Edsger W. Dijkstra
