Unicode 7

[Rustom Mody]

On Friday, May 2, 2014 8:09:44 AM UTC+5:30, Ben Finney wrote:
> Rustom Mody  writes:

> > Yes, the headaches go a little further back than Unicode.

> Okay, so can you change your article to reflect the fact that the
> headaches both pre-date Unicode, and are made much easier by Unicode?

Predate: Yes
Made easier: No

> > There is a certain large old book...

> Ah yes, the neo-Sumerian story "Enmerkar_and_the_Lord_of_Aratta"
> <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enmerkar_and_the_Lord_of_Aratta>.
> Probably inspired by stories older than that, of course.

Thanks for that link

> > In which is described the building of a 'tower that reached up to heaven'...
> > At which point 'it was decided'¶ to do something to prevent that.
> > And our headaches started.

> And other myths with fantastic reasons for the diversity of language
> <URL:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mythical_origins_of_language>.

This one takes the cake - see 1st para
http://hilgart.org/enformy/BronsonRekindling.pdf


> > I never knew of any of this in the good ol days of ASCII

> Yes, by ignoring all other writing systems except one's own - and
> thereby excluding most of the world's people - the system can be made
> simpler.

> Hopefully the proportion of programmers who still feel they can make
> such a parochial choice is rapidly shrinking.

See link above: Ethnic differences and chauvinism are invariably linked