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When there are no more to add or the symbol space is full. Until then, no reason to halt it as far as I'm concerned.
by function_seven 10y ago
When there are no more to add or the symbol space is full. Until then, no reason to halt it as far as I'm concerned.
- WalterBright 10y agoI always thought that phonetic spelling had a point. "Until it's full" reminds me of departments that feel they must spend their entire budget.
- scrollaway 10y agoThat... is a terrible mindset. When do we stop handing out IPv4s by the hundreds of thousands? "When we run out". When do we stop doing 120km/h? "When we run out of road". When do we stop spending money? "When we're flat out broke". (Note: I am not advocating for or against the unicode case, I'm making a point about the specific mindset used to justify this)
- function_seven 10y agoI phrased it rather crudely. I really meant "when there is no more to add". With the caveat that running out is the other option. I think the question represents an equally terrible mindset, "when do we stop?" How can I answer that, honestly? Is there a number? Or is it when a certain date has come and gone? How do we pick that number? Or that date? Why do we need to stop? I understand why we might want to rate-limit the adoption of new glyphs, but I don't see why we'd ever draw a line in the sand and say, "Ok, now it's frozen." Imagine if that had happened before the creation of the Euro as a currency.
- scrollaway 10y agoRight, that's a much better way of seeing it and I don't disagree.