[EMAIL PROTECTED] scripsit: > A fairer question to ask might be: > > Would you have any objections if the Phoenician script were given > a separate encoding in the Unicode Standard as long as such an > encoding wouldn't interfere with your ability to continue > encoding texts as you please? > > (And to the last, I'd be tempted to add: If so, what on Earth could those > objections be?)
Expense. Complication. Delays while the encoding gets into the Standard and thence into popular operating systems, with all the accoutrements such as keyboard software. -- All Norstrilians knew what laughter was: John Cowan it was "pleasurable corrigible malfunction". http://www.reutershealth.com --Cordwainer Smith, Norstrilia [EMAIL PROTECTED]