Alex Belits <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Not so. Unicode is a character map. One of many. It just happens to be
> > the most inclusive one in existence.
>
> It is. However if you look at the current efforts of its "adoption", it
> is not used as one. It's touted as the solution to all language-related
> problems, as a replacement of language/charset labeling infrastructure
Who says so? Certainly not the Unicode enthusiasts I have met.
You are arguing against a strawman.
Unicode takes care of character repertoire, code points, and (with
UTF-*) encoding. In no way does it touch on language labeling.
> and as the necessary prerequisite for any multilingual text processing.
A claim that would be obviously absurd.
However, I do consider Unicode a sensible part of any new
implementation. ISO 2022 (and what other dinosaurs that may be
lurking in murky shadows) is a legacy solution that should die off.
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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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