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From: rjh@ihlpa.UUCP (Randolph J. Herber)
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Subject: Re: International UNIX
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Date: Wed, 31-Jul-85 12:46:06 EDT
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> >To my knowledge, no commercially available computer language --
> >including a few developed in Scandinavia such as Algol 60 (for
> >Trask and Besk), Algol-Genius (for the Datasaab machines) and
> >Simula (for Dec PDP10s) permit national letters in variable
> >names, so the marketplace hasn't exactly mandated their inclusion.
> (a with a circle on top, Oa).
> 
> >Martin Minow (fil.kand. Stockholms Universitet)
> >decvax!minow
> UUCP:	{decvax,philabs,seismo}!{mcvax,ukc,unido}!enea!ttds!zap

IBM PL/I does allow three "national alphabet" characters in variable
names: $ (dollar sign), @ (at sign), and # (pound or number sign).

Randolph J. Herber, Amdahl Senior Systems Engineer, 
   at AT&T Bell Labs, Naperville, IL, 312-979-6553
   or 800-843-7467 extension 1075