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		sthlm on Nov 19, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Unicode Text Converter In Javascript, many unicode characters are allowed [0], so háćḱéŕŃéẃś is a valid variable name [1]. Note: The number of іllэБіъlэVаѓіаъlэИамэѕ [2] used in your production code is inversely proportional to the number of friends you'll make in the maintenance team. [0] https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/javascript-identifiers [1] https://mothereff.in/js-variables#h%C3%A1%C4%87%E1%B8%B1%C3%... [2] http://www.panix.com/~eli/unicode/convert.cgi?text=illegible...

jarek on Nov 19, 2014 [–]

I had quite a lot of fun defining 汉字 variable names in C#. Though definitely not something to put into production code of course...

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