Howdy there...
I've been following this thread about the deficiencies of Unicode, and its
pretty much a hoot and a holler. If anyone can devise a better solution,
please feel free to stage a coup d'etat and overthrow the hegemony of
Unicode. I'm sure it could be done better: in an ideal world without any
messy constraints or constituencies!
Now there's one detailed criticism that I just have to comment on:
>3. Unfair Use of Code-space
Ooh, that one really makes my nose hairs curl up & blink. The code space is
*VERY* fairly allocated, thank you.
One could phrase the situation this way:
"The majority of the code space is allocated to the script [Han] used by the
civilization which has the longest proven record of being able to invent the
most characters the fastest. What's unfair about that? Who wants to fill up
code space with the non-characters that other civilizations don't have? Give
room to those who need it."
Or one could phrase it this way:
"The code space is allocated in inverse proportion to the elegance of the
writing systems that need to be encoded. I.e., more elegant systems need
fewer code points, so they can afford to give a few to charity."
Either way, those clever Unicoders learned a lesson from Robin Hood.
Yer Friend,
Howlin' Youtie
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