Newb question about code style

[Dave Korn]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: gcc-owner On Behalf Of Nathan Sidwell
> Sent: 17 March 2004 12:23

> Why the original *fixed* *width* ASCII character set has a 
> character whose width is not only different, but depends on 
> where it is, is one of those things. 

  If you think that's bad, what about the fact that it also contains a
character whose width is not only different, depending on where it is, but
also is always _negative_!

  That'll be CR, of course.

  Then there's LF.  Defined in the same terms, it's a character whose width
is always zero - but has a non-zero imaginary component!

  I guess it shows why it's worth having separate abstractions for
characters and glyphs....

>(Of course Knuth would 
> question why have a character code for a character with no glyph.)

  GOK what he'd make of Ctrl-G!

    cheers, 
      DaveK
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