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Not sure why you're downvoted; it's simply true that ASCII is not universal. The "A" in ASCII stands for American.

I am a monolingual English speaker but I think I should be able to write ÷, ≤ and ≥ in my Go code, and I think I should be able to do maths using π.

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Given that the go community does not seem to hold this as a majority opinion, you might consider whether an editor translation layer could allow you to tailor your environment to your preferences while maintaining source-level compatibility with the broader go community.

If compatibility is not as important to you, privately forking the language is also an option, but that seems fraught with peril of your code dying with you.

GoLand actually does this.

But the point is not my preference to use the actual, proper symbols, but rather the technically unnecessary decision forced upon me that says I cannot.

> The "A" in ASCII stands for American.

Just call it ISO 646-IRV instead. ;)

Raku

    say π ≤ 3+⅘ ≤ τ
    # True

    say π² ÷ 4
    # 2.4674011002723395

Fine do math's using π this is about programming

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