Re: 3007 IDEOGRAPHIC NUMBER ZERO

From: Glen Perkins (gperkins@netcom.com)
Date: Fri Dec 12 1997 - 12:18:43 EST


Michael Everson wrote:
>
> Glen said:
>
> >I've never seen it on the keys of a calculator, but that does sound as
> >though it would make a fun novelty gift for a guy like me. ;-)
>
> The cultural question is, would people think it was OK or would they shake
> their heads at ignorant programmers who thought they were digits.
>

In general, people would think it was cute, IMO, not a mistake. You can
buy wristwatches with the hours labeled with han characters, so that
sort of thing isn't completely unknown. It's just seen as sort of a
novelty, not serious, but not a "mistake" either.

__Glen Perkins__



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