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https://xkcd.com/2912 Alt text: 𝓘 𝓽𝓱𝓲𝓷𝓴 𝓬𝓪𝓹𝓲𝓽𝓪𝓵 𝓛 𝓲𝓼 𝓹𝓻𝓸𝓫𝓪𝓫𝓵𝔂 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓶𝓸𝓼𝓽 𝓯𝓾𝓷 𝓽𝓸 𝔀𝓻𝓲𝓽𝓮, 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓾𝓰𝓱 𝓵𝓸𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓬𝓪𝓼𝓮 𝓺 𝓲𝓼 𝓪𝓵𝓼𝓸 𝓪 𝓼𝓽𝓻𝓸𝓷𝓰 𝓬𝓸𝓷𝓽𝓮𝓷𝓭𝓮𝓻.
minus-squareShareni@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·5 months agoCyrilic cursive uses dashes in the same way Latin uses dots. Try writing "minimum’ without them, and you’ll get the same results.
minus-squarepythonoob@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·5 months agoThis is the first I’m hearing about dashes. What do you mean?
minus-squareShareni@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·5 months agoYou know how и and п have the same shape, but п has a dash on top? You can put the dash on the bottom to easily differentiate и and ш from м and л.
Cyrilic cursive uses dashes in the same way Latin uses dots. Try writing "minimum’ without them, and you’ll get the same results.
This is the first I’m hearing about dashes. What do you mean?
You know how и and п have the same shape, but п has a dash on top? You can put the dash on the bottom to easily differentiate и and ш from м and л.