OT [Way OT]: Unicode Unification Objections

[Boudewijn Rempt]

François Pinard <pinard at iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:

> The situation is just not similar.  I do not have a strong, perpetual need
> that the look be different, and the truth is that as a French reader, I
> honestly do not mind much if we use the same characters.  All the contrary,
> it is quite convenient, and not shocking at all.  (Not everybody is so
> lucky.  For example, when Unicode decided that `y-diaresis' could be used
> to replace the Finnish `ij' ligature, Finnish people were not very happy.[1])

Us Dutch people ain't that happy, either, quoth Boudewijn.
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