Mark Emerson wrote:
[...]
The reasons in favor of the underscore are several and obvious, and today, most
languages support them.
There is only *ONE* reason that was offered by the anti-underscorist group to
exclude underscores from the language... and it was an emotionally-charged
reason.
While the group is on the topic of Wirth and 'Wirthian
nature'... I think some background might help, particularly for the
younger people
In 1985 I attended a conference in Palo Alto, California, of the Modula 2
Users' Association. There were about 150 of us there, possibly
including some of
