Re: ASCII as a subset of Unicode (was: Re: Oxford proposes a leaner alphabet)

From: Hans Aberg (haberg@math.su.se)
Date: Sun Apr 12 2009 - 02:18:34 CDT

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    On 11 Apr 2009, at 23:54, Doug Ewell wrote:

    > "Analogous." Flutes and musical instruments are not mathematical or
    > computer concepts. The common definition of a flute, however, is
    > that it is a particular type of musical instrument.
    >
    > Let me try a different approach. What do you believe is the
    > difference between an ASCII "A" and a Unicode "A" -- not the bitwise
    > representations permitted by ASCII and Unicode respectively, but the
    > characters themselves?

    What do you think is the difference between the Australian Euro and
    the European Euro -- not the difference that one is a type of Kangaroo
    and the other a currency unit?

       Hans



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