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Article #348Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST)
From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 11:41
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1993 11:41
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In article <1i0s05INNnfn@rodan.UU.NET>, avg@rodan.UU.NET (Vadim Antonov) writes: > > A good encoding should support easy (i'd say natural) localization. > It should provide simple algorithms for simple functions > like getting string length, searching a character, case-insensitive > comparison, lexicographical comparison. > Well that's where you're wrong. The characters and how they are used are distinct problems. Merging them will just not work. UNICODE is a good example of this: not only does it specify the code -> glyph mapping (ie the encoding) it has support for left -> right, right -> left writing styles and a bunch of other stuff, and this part of UNICODE is a mess. Problem 2 (localisation) is damn hard. Should Problem 1 cater for the fact I type `localisation' whereas you type `localization'? We're both using Engligh, typed on American keyboards (I guess, oops mine's made in West Germany) so where are you going to draw the line. Is this Problem 1? I say it's Problem 2. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Subject: Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST) Message-ID: <1993Jan1.114158.17149@prl.dec.com> Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: spooky.prl.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory References: <8490@charon.cwi.nl> <1992Dec31.171450.1513@klaava.Helsinki.FI> <1992Dec31.203101.5447@prl.dec.com> <1i0s05INNnfn@rodan.UU.NET> Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1993 11:41:58 GMT Lines: 25