on 1/12/00 9:00 AM, Marco.Cimarosti@icl.com at Marco.Cimarosti@icl.com
wrote:
> Allow me a naïve question: what is the purpose of encoding characters(maybe)
> found in *one* single written(maybe) document?
>
Well, one cannot guarantee that more won't be discovered. :-)
Officially, the rationale was that people study and exchange data regarding
the one document.
Unofficially, I couldn't resist creating an encoding proposal that contained
the *entire known corpus* of literature in the proposed script.
The UTC didn't seem to share my enthusiasm.
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John H. Jenkins
jenkins@apple.com
tseng@blueneptune.com
http://www.blueneptune.com/~tseng
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