Unicode Unification Objections

[Tim Peters]

[Mark Atwood, gripes that the putative beneficiaries of the Unicode Han
 unification are, umm, unappreciative of the efforts made on their
 behalf to blur their cultural identities in the service of storage
 efficiency]

[Dennis E. Hamilton, takes an opposing view]
> ...
> Unfortunately, the Greek alphabet and the APL alphabet (and apparently
> some other math symbol alphabets) *were* unified.
>
> [and why "unfortunately" ...]
>
> I'm told that Ken Iverson is working on a new language beyond APL, and
> that it relies much less on special symbols in its reference notation.
> I wonder if that provides relief or simply puts the new language on the
> same multinationalization footing as the rest.

You're likely thinking of the J language:

    http://www.jsoftware.com/

It's been around quite a while.  An intro for APL programmers:

    http://www.jsoftware.com/pubs/j4apl.html

J's character set is plain 7-bit ASCII, the best approach known for avoiding
useless debates about character sets <wink>.

if-it-was-good-enough-for-my-father-it's-good-enough-for-everyone-ly
    y'rs  - tim