Using non-ascii symbols

[Dave Hansen]

On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 20:27:40 -0500 in comp.lang.python, Dan Sommers
<me at privacy.net> wrote:

>On Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:29:20 GMT,
>Neil Hodgson <nyamatongwe+thunder at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> ... I'm so used to "/" for division that "÷" now looks strange.

Indeed, I don't think I've used ÷ for division since about 7th grade,
when I first started taking Algebra (over 30 years ago).

>
>Strange, indeed, and too close to + for me (at least within my
>newsreader).
>

FWIW, it looks closer to - than + in mine.  And as you say, _too_
close.  IMHO.

Regards,
                                        -=Dave

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