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From: =?utf-8?B?RnJhbsOnb2lz?= Pinard <pin...@iro.umontreal.ca>
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Subject: Re: Unicode conversion bug?
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[Tony Mechelynck]

>[...] and since that Unicode encoding can represent anything [...]

This is a common misconception.  Unicode can represent many things, not 
anything.  On one side, the W3C consortium has dispositions against 
attributing, in the future, single code points where combination 
characters would do, while keeping in Unicode what has already been 
lobbied by richer countries.  That is, Unicode is meant to be easier to 
use for some than for others.  Unicode is also set for supporting "main" 
scripts, not necessarily all of them.  It means that poorer nations have 
less chance to get their script well represented in Unicode, if at all.

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François Pinard   http://pinard.progiciels-bpi.ca