Return-Path: Delivery-Date: Received: from leopard.cs.byu.edu (no rfc931) by swan.cl.cam.ac.uk with SMTP (PP-6.5) outside ac.uk; Fri, 24 Dec 1993 10:12:54 +0000 Received: by leopard.cs.byu.edu (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA04849; Fri, 24 Dec 1993 03:01:08 -0700 Sender: info-hol-request@leopard.cs.byu.edu Errors-To: info-hol-request@leopard.cs.byu.edu Precedence: bulk Received: from dworshak.cs.uidaho.edu by leopard.cs.byu.edu with SMTP (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA04845; Fri, 24 Dec 1993 03:01:06 -0700 Received: from relay1.pipex.net by dworshak.cs.uidaho.edu with SMTP (1.37.109.8/16.2) id AA23235; Fri, 24 Dec 1993 01:59:05 -0800 Received: from Q.icl.co.uk by relay1.pipex.net with SMTP (PP) id <02881-0@relay1.pipex.net>; Fri, 24 Dec 1993 09:58:42 +0000 Received: from ming.oasis.icl.co.uk by Q.icl.co.uk (4.1/icl-2.9-server) id AA05612; Fri, 24 Dec 93 10:04:06 GMT Received: on ming.oasis.icl.co.uk over UUCP id AA14172; Fri, 24 Dec 93 09:57:44 GMT From: Rob Arthan Date: Fri, 24 Dec 93 09:54:47 GMT Message-Id: <9312240954.4872.0@norman.win.icl.co.uk> To: info-hol@cs.uidaho.edu Subject: underscore Konrad Slind wonders whether underscores are passe', whereas John Harrison finds them rather recherche'. ML lets you use a prime character as a letter (more or less). So as an alternative to the uncouth underscore or the ungainly lower-upper case, you can use primes to glue the bits of a name together: > val But'I'suppose'this'idea'is'a'little'too'accentue' = 7*11*13; val But'I'suppose'this'idea'is'a'little'too'accentue' = 1001 : int (Acknowledgements to AHL's Poly/ML for the prompt and the arithmetic) Merry Christmas Rob Arthan.