[hard_times]

examples of such features being?

[n4r9]

Several are given in the linked article, like built-in support for ~non-Roman~[edit: non-Western] numeral characters, and nomenclature that works well with screen readers. A diverse staff may also help to promote language (e.g. keywords or in documentation) that's broadly understood across different cultures.

[moi2388]

You mean all the examples which do exist in all major programming languages, completely invalidating their entire point? Gotcha.

[AStonesThrow]

But why

  for (I = I; I <= XIV; I++) {
    printf("Pope Leo %d is best Pope Leo!\n", I);
  }

Interestingly, the authors use circumlocutions to avoid naming the Arabic numerals for what they are, while the ones used in their example are known as Eastern Arabic Numerals.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_numerals_(disambiguatio...

[exe34]

ascii vs utf