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Re: Issue: STREAM-INFO (Version 5)
- To: masinter.pa@Xerox.COM
- Subject: Re: Issue: STREAM-INFO (Version 5)
- From: Scott.Fahlman@B.GP.CS.CMU.EDU
- Date: Thu, 06 Oct 88 19:46:23 EDT
- Cc: dick@wheaties.ai.mit.edu (Richard C. Waters), CL-Cleanup@sail.stanford.edu
- In-reply-to: Your message of 06 Oct 88 16:16:00 -0700. <881006-161656-1634@Xerox>
Well, if there really are useful real-world cases where it makes sense to
have most characters be of width R except a couple that are R*732/539, then
I guess it is necessary to go with rational widths, despite the cost in
performance and added confusion. (I'm assuming that you're not
exaggerating -- if the case is really R*3/2 then the decision is much less
clear.)
I don't violently object to the added complexity. I just didn't want to
add it for no good reason.
-- Scott