converting letters to numbers

[MRAB]

On 16/10/2013 23:39, Rotwang wrote:
> On 14/10/2013 06:02, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
>> On Sun, 13 Oct 2013 20:13:32 -0700, Tim Roberts wrote:
>>
>>> def add(c1, c2):
>>>       % Decode
>>>       c1 = ord(c1) - 65
>>>       c2 = ord(c2) - 65
>>>       % Process
>>>       i1 = (c1 + c2) % 26
>>>       % Encode
>>>       return chr(i1+65)
>>
>> Python uses # for comments, not %, as I'm sure you know. What language
>> were you thinking off when you wrote the above?
>
> Maybe TeX?
>
Or PostScript?