Thanks to have taken the time to explain. Regards
Dele ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Constable" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 05, 2004 12:50 AM Subject: RE: Just if and where is the then? > > "The existing composites were included only out of necessity so that > new > > Unicode implementations could interoperate with existing > implementations > > using legacy industry-standard encodings." - Peter Constable > > > > Are we saying we have exhausted such necessity? > > Yes, because by definition legacy industry-standard encodings not in > widespread usage prior to 1993 do not qualify for the > backward-compatibility requirement. > > The necessity had to do with interoperation with existing > implementations, not with the need to support particular languages / > writing systems. For the latter, it has never been a necessity to add > pre-composed characters. > > > > > And what are these legacy-standard encodings? > > > > "No new composite values will be added". - Peter Constable > > > > The above sounds dictatorial in nature. > > I'm simply telling you what the policy of the Unicode Consortium is. > > > > Peter > > Peter Constable > Globalization Infrastructure and Font Technologies > Microsoft Windows Division > > >
