Dollar sign ($) on foriegn keyboards? (prothon)

[srijit at yahoo.com]

Hello Mark,
IMO typing dollar($) sign should not be a problem in Sweden and Germany.

Regards,
Srijit

"Mark Hahn" <mark at prothon.org> wrote in message news:<mk3hc.13895$dZ1.10823 at fed1read04>...
> We are considering switching to the dollar sign ($) for self, instead of the
> period ( . ) we are using now in Prothon.  Ruby uses the at-sign (@) for
> self, but our new usage of self also includes replacing the period for some
> attribute references, as in obj$func() versus obj.func(), and too many
> programs treat that as an email address and screw it up.  Also the S in the
> symbol $ reminds one of the S in $elf.
> 
> Can people from outside the U.S. tell me if typing the dollar sign often
> would be a problem in writing code?  Is it available and somewhat easy to
> type on international keyboards?