“Now” as in since C99, twenty-five years ago, yes. (It seemed like a good idea at the time.)
Being able to program in languages that don't fit into ASCII is a good idea. Using one-character variable names is a bad idea.
See also https://www.ethiocloud.com/bunnascript.aspx and https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_...
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Being able to program in languages that don't fit into ASCII is a good idea. Using one-character variable names is a bad idea.