Re: Compression through normalization

From: Mark Davis (mark.davis@jtcsv.com)
Date: Fri Dec 05 2003 - 18:35:10 EST

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    Well, in my dialect of Engish, 'ken' and 'can' are nearly indistinguishable, and
    there are many "can's" in Unicode; probably more than "mark's".

    I'm reminded of what farmer is supposed to have once said about his produce: "We
    eat what we can, and what we can't, we can."

    > P.S. On the other hand, if you asked him nicely, Mark might
    > find the more marked form, NFD, to his liking, especially
    > since it is likely to contain more combining marks. Mark
    > is definitely in favor of markedness. I, on the other hand,
    > am definitely in favor of kennings, but we have found little
    > practical or architectural use for them in the Unicode
    > character-sea.



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