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Re: unicode

Date	2011-11-07 22:47 -0500
From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: unicode
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On 11/7/2011 10:18 PM, markspace wrote:
> On 11/7/2011 6:30 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> You asked what problem it solves.
>>
>> Now you know what problem it solves.
>>
>> You still do not think it is a serious problem, but that is
>> a different discussion.
>
> No, I disagree with that assertion. If it's not an actual use case,
> something that doesn't actually come from a user, or solve a real user
> need, then it's just a pointless maintenance expense. Just like any
> other "feature" that nobody needs or uses, it can just be removed.

If you search the Java bug database then you will see that
SUN got lots of bug reports including some that were compiler
bugs about this feature.

Somebody did use the feature.

>> Once put in the language, then they can never remove it without breaking
>> existing code.
>
>
> My understand about these things is that they grep (*) through the code
> base of the most important customers and do an evaluation of the code
> changes required. The question is "can we afford to make the changes
> this would require?" It's a ROI question, not slavish devotion to
> backwards compatibility. Yes the holy grail is "no code changes
> required" but that isn't a given, necessarily. Sometimes you gotta break
> those eggs to make your omelet.

I find it very difficult to see why people (and their employers) that
have coded according to spec should suffer to help people that have
not studied the spec.

Arne

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Re: unicode Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-11-07 21:30 -0500
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