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Do folks normally write code using the Greek alphabet? I totally understand reading/writing math papers in latex, or on paper using the traditional mathematical

Do folks normally write code using the Greek alphabet? I totally understand reading/writing math papers in latex, or on paper using the traditional mathematical symbols, but does anyone really want to edit their Julia code in vim and type \scrA<tab> for a variable name? Seems extremely annoying and convoluted vs naming your variables alpha or sigma, etc.

mbauman 5y ago
All the time. Incidentally, I got these unicode α and σ by copy-pasting from tab completion in an open Julia REPL. https://juliahub.com/ui/Search?q=α&type=code&w=true https://juliahub.com/ui/Search?q=α&type=code&w=true https://juliahub.com/ui/Search?q=σ&type=code&w=true https://juliahub.com/ui/Search?q=σ&type=code&w=true
leephillips 5y ago
But I can type α with two keystrokes. “alpha” is five.
- res0nat0r 5y ago
  Looking up escape codes or cutting and pasting non ascii characters takes much longer than typing 5 letters.
  - leephillips 5y ago
    > But I can type α with two keystrokes.
    - res0nat0r 5y ago
      Learning that for all the mathematical symbols, still too time consuming.