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Sure, but the majority of the text computers have to parse has a syntax consisting of low codepoint ASCII characters (think XML tags vs. data). The fragments o
by udp 7y ago
Sure, but the majority of the text computers have to parse has a syntax consisting of low codepoint ASCII characters (think XML tags vs. data). The fragments of text using a high codepoint language are usually only interesting at render time.
- mehrdadn 7y agoI'm not supporting the position; I'm just explaining what the argument for it is, since you said you never understood the rationale behind it and felt it gave you the worst of both worlds. But I will say that the concern you have does not take into account the concerns other people have who make this argument.
- SAI_Peregrinus 7y agoThe other aspect of importance is that languages with Chinese characters have higher information density per character, so they tend to even out in terms of actual storage requirements.