Ar 11:10 -0800 2000-04-24, scríobh Reynolds, Gregg:
>Howsabout: "100% of the people in the world whose native language is not
>modeled by Unicode cannot use computers in their native language; 100% of
>those whose language is badly modeled by Unicode cannot fully exploit the
>power of computers (since the proliferation of "Unicode-enabled" software
>will only partially benefit them); 100% of those literary cultures whose
>medium is badly modeled by Unicode will come under intense economic pressure
>to think about their languages in terms of Unicode's model (i.e. to become
>semi-literate in their native languages)."
As I said earlier, the entire statistical effort is flawed from almost any
angle one looks at it.
That said, Gregg's position doesn't make a lot of sense, apart from being
needlessly inflammatory. Unicode doesn't model languages. It represents
writing systems, and while imperfect, the model does a very good job.
Implementation of that model is not so easy, and I'm as impatient as the
next person, I know that the major players are doing what they can to make
it happen.
Michael Everson ** Everson Gunn Teoranta ** http://www.egt.ie
15 Port Chaeimhghein Íochtarach; Baile Átha Cliath 2; Éire/Ireland
Vox +353 1 478 2597 ** Fax +353 1 478 2597 ** Mob +353 86 807 9169
27 Páirc an Fhéithlinn; Baile an Bhóthair; Co. Átha Cliath; Éire
This archive was generated by hypermail 2.1.2 : Tue Jul 10 2001 - 17:21:02 EDT