Re: gettext usage in libraries

[Bill Haneman <bill haneman sun com>]

Sander Vesik wrote:
> 
> On 29 Nov 2001, Havoc Pennington wrote:
> 
> >
> > Sander Vesik <Sander Vesik sun com> writes:
> > > > I don't know of *any* examples of this among existing written "primary"
> > > > languages.  Please give an example of a language that has neither an
> > > > approved nor a proposed unicode code page...
> > > >
> > >
> > > Uhhh... unicode isn't even really complete for something as widely used as
> > > Tamil.
...

Right, but it does have unicode support, albeit slightly broken support.

> > Plus it's quite academic from a GNOME standpoint - there is no way we
> > could back off the Unicode strategy at this point, we're quite
> > committed.
> >
> 
> I was not suggesting we back off of Unicode or even arguing against it.
> Just dispersing misconceptions about its completeness.
> 
> >
> > Havoc
> >
> 
>         Sander
> 
> "I don't think there is intelligent life within our solar system"
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