> The one paper I read spends 80% of its effort defining the representation of text. These days, an equivalent effort would incorporate Unicode and UTF-8 by re

> The one paper I read spends 80% of its effort defining the representation of text. These days, an equivalent effort would incorporate Unicode and UTF-8 by reference, which together amount to much more verbiage, especially Unicode. Back then, text standards weren't quite so mature, and it's possible nothing existing at the time really solved their problem.