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Why the \cdot? Is Unicode required to parse assembly?
by tel 14y ago
Why the \cdot? Is Unicode required to parse assembly?
- vanderZwan 14y ago"Source code is Unicode text encoded in UTF-8." http://golang.org/ref/spec#Source_code_representation http://golang.org/ref/spec#Source_code_representation Historical reason, TL;DR edition: Plan 9 based compilers, because Ken Thompson. EDIT: see also mseepgood's response: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5185334 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5185334