PhyloCode prefix/suffix?

[Richard Pyle]

> I like the ! symbol too.  Is it a serious problem that this is also
> used in computer programming?

Probably not.  Code and data text strings rarely come in direct contact with
each other.

> I can bring it up again to the advisory group.  Nothing in the draft
> PhyloCode is written in stone; there will certainly be changes before
> it is implemented.  A major reason for posting a draft several years
> before it is ready to implement was to provide an opportunity for
> input from the systematics community.  I would certainly hope that
> the comments received will be taken seriously.
>
> The problem I will have in bringing this issue up again is that I
> argued so vehemently for a mandatory symbol at the workshop that
> began the PhyloCode project that everyone knows I feel strongly about
> it.  Some may therefore not take seriously my assertion that people
> outside the advisory group support my view.  Nonetheless, it is worth
> a try.  As I recall, the initial vote on this issue was close, and
> perhaps some minds can be changed.

What was the specific objection to the required symbol?

Aloha,
Rich

Richard L. Pyle
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