[Ltru] Language and script encoding standards
John Cowan
cowan at ccil.org
Fri Jul 14 19:38:07 CEST 2006
Martin Duerst scripsit:
> a) Transliterations for human users. These will continue to be
> used.
Agreed.
> b) Transliterations for computers, i.e. to get around limitations
> in encodings or software. Beta coding is clearly such an example.
> These will die out.
Beta code still has substantial advantages in its niche market:
1) It's easier to keyboard than full Unicode;
2) It's easier to extend by agreement, and continues to handle
matters that are either not yet in Unicode or will never be in
Unicode, being appropriate for high-level protocols.
Don't count it out yet.
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