Why prefer != over <> for Python 3.0?

[Bjoern Schliessmann]

Torsten Bronger wrote:

> Emacs is generally not regarded as being convenient, however, it
> has very strong input methods.  I type "\gtrless" and get "?",
> or "\forall" and get "?". 

I wonder where the point of this is. :) Why use fancy unicode chars
if they're not better to read (apart from not being readable with
every font) and require at least the same amount of keypresses?

Regards,


Björn

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