Re: UTS #10: Unicode Collation Algorithm (UCA)

From: John Cowan (jcowan@reutershealth.com)
Date: Sun Jul 21 2002 - 13:37:15 EDT


Roozbeh Pournader scripsit:

> For Latin, it's an ordering that makes sense to English
> speaking people, I guess.

Not really. If it did, we would be mapping LATIN LETTER THORN to
"th", which is what English does; in fact THORN collates after Z
in Icelandic fashion.

The phrase "equality of dissatisfaction" comes to mind.

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John Cowan                                <jcowan@reutershealth.com>     
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Yakka foob mog.  Grug pubbawup zink wattoom gazork.  Chumble spuzz.
    -- Calvin, giving Newton's First Law "in his own words"



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