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Language is inherently complex, there's no way to solve this in any "cleaner" way than what we already came up with. Unfortunately the best way forward is to bu

Language is inherently complex, there's no way to solve this in any "cleaner" way than what we already came up with. Unfortunately the best way forward is to build up what we already have and cover all the warts with wrapper functions/libraries.

phkahler 10y ago
And where are the sex emoji? The dirtiest thing I've been able to text is a heart and a pair of handcuffs ;-)
- masklinn 10y ago
  The Love Hotel (U+1F3E9) is rather obvious, maybe the kiss mark (U+1F48B) as well, though the raunchiest ones (in actual use) are a bit more… discreet?: the aubergine (U+1F346) and splashing "sweat" (U+1F4A6).
  - pbhjpbhj 10y ago
    On Ubuntu, and probably other OS/distro too, ctrl+alt+shift+U gives you a underline-u symbol, type in the Unicode and then press <enter>.
    - masklinn 10y ago
      I'm not sure what use that would be? U+<hex> is a normal way to designate codepoints, and I can't put the actual emoji in the comment as they're stripped on submission.
      - pbhjpbhj 10y ago
        Ah, sorry, that comment was for those playing along who might want to see the listed glyphs.
- tveita 10y ago
  Available for over 2000 years now. https://mobile.twitter.com/unicode/status/722133439726505984 https://mobile.twitter.com/unicode/status/722133439726505984
PeterisP 10y ago
Well, there is one way, we can simplify and standardize format of language. Unfortunately that requires generations of "reeducation", so it's not a viable solution in the short term - but it does seem possible that this is where languages are going in the next few centuries, as globalization, easier travel and more interrelated communities are likely to result in slow, gradual convergence to less languages as many of the current 6000+ languages cease to be used in practice.
- Manishearth 10y ago
  I am always surprised when people think that the solution to "dealing with language in programming is complex" is "let's reeducate the world by changing their language" instead of "let's reeducate programmers".

phkahler 10y ago

And where are the sex emoji? The dirtiest thing I've been able to text is a heart and a pair of handcuffs ;-)

masklinn 10y ago
The Love Hotel (U+1F3E9) is rather obvious, maybe the kiss mark (U+1F48B) as well, though the raunchiest ones (in actual use) are a bit more… discreet?: the aubergine (U+1F346) and splashing "sweat" (U+1F4A6).
- pbhjpbhj 10y ago
  On Ubuntu, and probably other OS/distro too, ctrl+alt+shift+U gives you a underline-u symbol, type in the Unicode and then press <enter>.
  - masklinn 10y ago
    I'm not sure what use that would be? U+<hex> is a normal way to designate codepoints, and I can't put the actual emoji in the comment as they're stripped on submission.
    - pbhjpbhj 10y ago
      Ah, sorry, that comment was for those playing along who might want to see the listed glyphs.
tveita 10y ago
Available for over 2000 years now. https://mobile.twitter.com/unicode/status/722133439726505984 https://mobile.twitter.com/unicode/status/722133439726505984

PeterisP 10y ago

Well, there is one way, we can simplify and standardize format of language. Unfortunately that requires generations of "reeducation", so it's not a viable solution in the short term - but it does seem possible that this is where languages are going in the next few centuries, as globalization, easier travel and more interrelated communities are likely to result in slow, gradual convergence to less languages as many of the current 6000+ languages cease to be used in practice.

Manishearth 10y ago
I am always surprised when people think that the solution to "dealing with language in programming is complex" is "let's reeducate the world by changing their language" instead of "let's reeducate programmers".