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| From | Bo Persson <bop@gmb.dk> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.lang.c++ |
| Subject | Re: "Unicode" |
| Date | 2016-08-30 21:30 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <e2m56pFogtnU1@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
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On 2016-08-30 19:24, Lynn McGuire wrote:
> On 8/29/2016 1:52 PM, Daniel wrote:
>> On Monday, August 29, 2016 at 1:06:54 PM UTC-4, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> "Unicode"
>>> http://xkcd.com/1726/
>>>
>>> "Watching the Unicode people try to govern the infinite chaos of
>>> human language with consistent technical standards is like watching
>>> highway engineers try to steer a river using traffic signs."
>>>
>>> As usual, Randall Munroe nails it.
>>>
>> Has he though? On this one?
>>
>> I think the Unicode people have vastly simplified many people's lives.
>>
>> Admittedly, C++ has badly screwed this up.
>>
>> Daniel
>
> Microsoft has a big hand in the screw up with their decision to go with
> wide characters.
The decision was pretty obvious at the time, when their wchar_t could
hold all of the existing code space. Who would know that even-wider
characters would appear later?
> But the Unicode consortium is getting wacky here
> lately with adding emoticons to Unicode.
>
> http://blog.unicode.org/2016/06/unicode-90-emoji-available-for-adoption.html
>
Yes, adding a Bacon character doesn't look totally PK today. And the
meaning if crossing-fingers is not locale neutral.
Bo Persson
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"Unicode" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-08-29 12:06 -0500
Re: "Unicode" Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2016-08-29 11:52 -0700
Re: "Unicode" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 12:24 -0500
Re: "Unicode" legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2016-08-30 18:50 +0000
Re: "Unicode" Lynn McGuire <lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 14:11 -0500
Re: "Unicode" legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2016-08-30 19:44 +0000
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-08-30 21:29 +0100
Re: "Unicode" legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2016-08-31 20:31 +0000
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-01 01:50 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2016-08-31 18:47 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-09-01 06:01 -0500
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-08-31 23:06 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Ian Collins <ian-news@hotmail.com> - 2016-09-01 15:21 +1200
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 15:07 -0400
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-01 08:02 +0200
Re: "Unicode" legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2016-09-01 18:46 +0000
Re: "Unicode" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-01 10:09 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-01 17:58 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 15:08 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-01 21:20 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 20:52 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 14:44 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 10:10 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 16:35 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 12:26 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 17:02 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 12:33 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 17:53 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Gareth Owen <gwowen@gmail.com> - 2016-09-02 19:20 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 16:36 -0400
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-02 21:45 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-02 19:57 -0400
Re: "Unicode" legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2016-09-01 18:45 +0000
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 15:11 -0400
Re: "Unicode" David Brown <david.brown@hesbynett.no> - 2016-09-01 22:27 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-01 21:37 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2016-09-01 20:53 -0400
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-02 05:57 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Bo Persson <bop@gmb.dk> - 2016-08-30 21:30 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Bo Persson <bop@gmb.dk> - 2016-08-30 21:40 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Daniel <danielaparker@gmail.com> - 2016-08-30 13:39 -0700
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-01 21:54 +0100
Re: "Unicode" raltbos@xs4all.nl (Richard Bos) - 2016-09-03 08:00 +0000
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-03 14:10 -0500
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-04 09:56 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-04 14:37 +0300
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 12:53 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-05 15:30 +0300
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 16:13 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-05 22:03 +0300
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-05 23:54 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-05 15:35 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 00:18 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-05 16:17 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 01:20 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Keith Thompson <kst-u@mib.org> - 2016-09-05 17:16 -0700
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-06 02:42 +0200
Re: "Unicode" Mr Flibble <flibbleREMOVETHISBIT@i42.co.uk> - 2016-09-05 23:05 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-04 21:37 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-05 00:22 +0300
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-05 21:32 +0100
Re: "Unicode" Paavo Helde <myfirstname@osa.pri.ee> - 2016-09-06 00:00 +0300
Re: "Unicode" Vir Campestris <vir.campestris@invalid.invalid> - 2016-09-07 21:19 +0100
Re: "Unicode" "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2016-09-08 02:16 +0200
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