Re: OT: Unicode 5.0

On 1/9/06, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
> I'm sure that's what somebody said about 7-bit USASCII at some point, or
> indeed the original Baudot codes.
Perhaps, but there was a clear need for more capability than those
supplied. I was addressing a suggestion for a new system supplying the
same capabilities rearranged, which is far less compelling. :)

> However, the rest of your post is well
> reasoned, and well enough argued. There's always room for a sufficiently
> superior method to supplant an established standard, though. I do rather
> suspect the key is in the word "sufficiently", to be sure.
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Mark J. Reed <markjreed@...>