Problems of Symbol Congestion in Computer Languages

[Westley Martínez]

On Mon, 2011-02-21 at 01:08 +0000, BartC wrote:
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> "WestleyMartínez" <anikom15 at gmail.com> wrote in message 
> news:mailman.202.1298081685.1189.python-list at python.org...
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> > You have provided me with some well thought out arguments and have
> > stimulated my young programmer's mind, but I think we're coming from
> > different angles. You seem to come from a more math-minded, idealist
> > angle, while I come from a more practical angle. Being a person who has
> > had to deal with the í in my last name
> 
> What purpose does the í serve in your last name, and how is it different 
> from i?
> 
> (I'd have guessed it indicated stress, but it looks Spanish and I thought 
> that syllable was stressed anyway.)
> 
> -- 
> Bartc
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I don't know. I don't speak Spanish, but to my knowledge it's not a
critical diacritic like in some languages.