On 7/12/21 7:39 AM, Kevin N. wrote:
Right, and I myself have lodged a ticket to ban bar after foo because it
might lead to blithe attitudes concerning alcohol in our vulnerable
youth.
Don't get me wrong: like many other things, offensive languages is a
serious one.
But, instead of helping, I think that you are in fact minimizing its
gravity with such exaggerated actions.
I for one, have never in my life thought of alcohol when I saw a
variable named "foobar". That is ... until I saw your post today :) .
What's next? Should we also file a ticket to ban "chocolate bar".
Or maybe we should ban mathematics completely from computing, since
the "bar" symbol is a frequently used one there?
https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Bar.html
https://mathworld.wolfram.com/Macron.html
I see the number 80085 has been removed from Maths. It's about time!
Give today's youth a bit of credit. You might discover that they are
smarter than you think.
I still hope that you were joking though :)
Cheers,
K.
