Re: Proposal for 2 Byte Unicode implementation in gcc and glibc

[Henry Spencer <henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 8 Aug 2000, Markus Kuhn wrote:
> I disagree. Mathematical typesetting for instance will make very
> intensive use of Plane 1 characters, and it is essential to treat them
> as first-class citizens. What you write in TeX today as $v$ will
> tomorrow be MATH ITALIC LATIN LOWERCASE LETTER V in Plane 1.

All I can say is that I hope this proposal gets shot down on the way to
becoming a standard.  If there's one thing we don't need, it's a dozen
more "v" glyphs disguised as characters, *ESPECIALLY* outside Plane 0.  We
should treat these not as first-class citizens, but as abominations. 

Clemenceau would have said:  "Mon Dieu!  Must every little notation have a
character set of its own?" 

Given that the I in ISO all too often stands for Idiots, though, I suppose
it will get approved.  Bleah. 

                                                          Henry Spencer
                                                       henry@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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