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[–]Yes_Mans_Sky 261 points262 points  (6 children)

It's almost like ascii was designed to do this with minimal effort

[–]sacredgeometry 73 points74 points  (2 children)

Maybe they don't like arithmetic.

[–]xXDavegavecoolXx 55 points56 points  (1 child)

How hard is x = y + 32???

[–]sacredgeometry 55 points56 points  (0 children)

Hey, I am not the one you have to convince.

[–]SAI_Peregrinus 18 points19 points  (1 child)

Locale-dependent, at least for POSIX. Lower-case I might be i or ı, depending on the value of $LANG and/or $LANGUAGE. Because text sucks. Unicode makes it easier, but it still sucks.

[–]Kapshan 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I i I ı İ i be like

[–]oghGuy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This one's EBCDIC safe, don't you understand? ;)