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A comment on $1 Unistroke Recognizer. Parent comment

Re:$1 Unistroke Recognizer by thomastjeffery on Monday November 13, 2023 @06:17PM (#38256689)
That doesn't help the ambiguity at all.

You have to know contextually that the dollar sign and the digit are part of the name before you can read any sentence that contains the name. That guarantees that you will be confused at least once!

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Re:$1 Unistroke Recognizer by lelandfe on Monday November 13, 2023 @06:43PM (#38256900)
Here is that terrible confusion: “Is that a price or a name? Ah, a name”
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Re:$1 Unistroke Recognizer by thomastjeffery on Monday November 13, 2023 @06:51PM (#38256965)
Then you continue: "You can't use $1 to..."

The ambiguity never leaves. It's an absolutely unnecessary overhead that demands more than any other name I have ever encountered.

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Re:$1 Unistroke Recognizer by sonicanatidae on Tuesday November 14, 2023 @02:30PM (#38268322)
Yeah, but someone in marketing got a high-5 for being clever, so all other considerations are moot.

and yes, I agree with you, 100%.

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Re:$1 Unistroke Recognizer by daynthelife on Wednesday November 15, 2023 @12:01AM (#38273507)
`awk` users hate this one simple trick!
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