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Date: Tue, 03 May 2005 18:35:13 +0200
To: "Doug Ewell" <dewell@adelphia.net>,
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From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" <jefsey@jefsey.com>
Subject: Re: [Ltru] Re: Last registry for now
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At 17:34 03/05/2005, Doug Ewell wrote:
> > When will you understand that multilingualism means different
> > keyboards first.
>
>End users don't have to type the field names.  Programmers, who do, have
>access to a Latin-script keyboard.  If you can show me a programming
>language or environment that does not require at least some use of the
>Latin script, I will re-think my position.

Dear Doug.
This is shocking under the pen of a global standadizer. I will not comment 
on the contempt for "end-users", non for the exclusion of non-Latin script 
programmers. Nor on its political and societal consequences. No on the fact 
this may be properly in violation of national laws.

I will certainly change my position if you can show me a programming 
language or environment which cannot be translated so it do requires at 
least some use of the Latin script, I will re-think my position. And please 
do not quote John's meaningless remark on Unicode coding of "0-9" numbers 
(did he heard about EBCDIC of too young for that?).

ASCII centrism was an old odd Internet feature, I am afraid you are 
beginning to make it a boring bug.
jfc




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