On 7/13/2011 12:45 AM, Jukka K. Korpela wrote:
For one thing, defining “Unicode character” as a technical term and using it consistently makes it possible to formulate clearly its relation to “character” in the common meaning, thereby helping people to understand and use Unicode better.
Well, possibly. But this discussion sounds a bit like challenging a biologist to define an exact technical term for "life", distinguished from "life" in the common
meaning, and then to refrain from using "life" in the common meaning in a textbook about biology. --Ken
