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One problem is letter differences; so it's not quite universal. For example a surprising number of languages do not have the letter Q (slavic languages for exam
by ErrantX 16y ago
One problem is letter differences; so it's not quite universal. For example a surprising number of languages do not have the letter Q (slavic languages for example)
- dzorz 16y agoDitto for X, Y, W.
- madair 16y agoI guess they'll just have to use their convenient systems for entering ASCII then huh.
- mhd 16y agoWell, there's no real universal script, so it's not like a better encoding basis (besides numbers) could be found. And dropping down to Latin script is done for other reasons, too. Probably even on the same page. Encoding in Kanji would result into fewer characters, but would probably result in some funny phrases. ("Turn left at Ephemeral Outhouse!"). Not quite sure whether that's good or bad...