a style question

[Rahul Dhesi]

In <1990Oct1.174625.22061 at zoo.toronto.edu> henry at zoo.toronto.edu (Henry
Spencer) writes:

>In what way is "ix" superior to "i"? 

Not only is "ix" not superior to "i", but it is in fact much
inferior.  Anybody with a mathematical (or FORTAN ;-) background, upon
seeing "i", will immediately and subconsciously react, "Ah!  We're
acting on the i-th element in a series!".  But when I see "ix", I say
to myself, "ix??  What's ix??".
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