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- From: ematias@explorer.dgp (Edgar Matias)
- Subject: Re: Seperation of Church and Elevators
- Message-ID: <1992Nov22.135952.19750@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu>
- Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto
- References: <palmer.722190827@news.larc.nasa.gov> <1igJuB4w165w@bpecomm.pinetree.org> <BRIAN.92Nov22101539@dsm.dsm.fordham.edu>
- Date: 22 Nov 92 18:59:52 GMT
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- >brian@dsm.fordham.edu (Brian Downing) writes:
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- > I was thinking along similar lines with one minor modification.
- > Because the simple '+' and '-' may easily be misinterpreted as
- > arithmetic operators I would like to suggest the '++' and '--'
- > increment and decrement operators from C.
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- This is completely ridiculous. Since when is knowing C a requirement
- for riding an elevator?! I think up and down arrows work just fine.
- Some navel-gazers out there might disagree with me, but I think if you
- made this suggestion to a non-programmer, they'd think you were nuts.
-
- Edgar
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- Edgar Matias
- Input Research Group
- University of Toronto
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- I speak for no one...
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