> I had not thought about ¿…?; that would have a certain appeal for me,
[…]
> Perhaps ^? and ?^ would work for the ASCII shorthand? (Or ?- … -?,
> which is inspired by Prolog syntax in ways I won’t try to explain.)
Either of those would be fine by me. I have a marginal preference for
“^” over “-” because it stands out better for me visually, but I’m fine
with either or some other choice.
> In some contexts, I would be happy with <? … ?> as the ASCII
[…]
I think we can avoid a whole class of issues if we avoid “<“ and “>” in
the text syntax for ixml.
Be seeing you,
norm
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Norm Tovey-Walsh
Saxonica