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Nay, nay, nay. I don't like text that looks differently for everyone depending on the platform they're on. Emojis have shown us already that vendors are willi

Nay, nay, nay. I don't like text that looks differently for everyone depending on the platform they're on. Emojis have shown us already that vendors are willing to change their appearance depending on current trends or political climate. Gun becomes water gun, salad becomes vegan salad. One day, if caterpillar becomes a butterfly because of some mundane idea, is it still going to be instantly recognizable as a bug? We write code in formal languages rather than natural ones to stay away from ambiguity. Emojis are a straight downgrade.

UserIsUnused 7y ago
>We write code in formal languages rather than natural ones to stay away from ambiguity. Emojis are a straight downgrade. I think this is the most important point of it all.
chrisseaton 7y ago
> I don't like text that looks differently for everyone depending on the platform they're on. But we already have fonts that make the Latin alphabet look different on different platforms. > if caterpillar becomes a butterfly because of some mundane idea, is it still going to be instantly recognizable as a bug? Yes? Didn’t Hopper tape a moth ‘bug’ into her notebook?
- kps 7y ago
  > But we already have fonts that make the Latin alphabet look different on different platforms. But the differences in appearance are abstracted away; the whole point of an alphabet is that it's a small fixed set of symbols. Conversely if you see 𓀪 on one platform and 𓀫 on another, you have no idea whether the difference is meaningful or decorative.
  - chrisseaton 7y ago
    > the whole point of an alphabet is that it's a small fixed set of symbols Emoji is an alphabet. There's a fixed set. I know they look different on different platforms but it's the same Emoji. Just like how an A here looks different to an A on Twitter. A vomiting face emoji conveys the same thing however it's drawn.
    - kps 7y ago
      Emoji aren't a fixed set; there are new ones added all the time: 230 this year, 157 last year, …. When I see an emoji, I can't tell whether it's an existing one drawn in a different style, or whether it got added since the last time I memorized the code chart.

UserIsUnused 7y ago

>We write code in formal languages rather than natural ones to stay away from ambiguity. Emojis are a straight downgrade. I think this is the most important point of it all.

chrisseaton 7y ago

> I don't like text that looks differently for everyone depending on the platform they're on. But we already have fonts that make the Latin alphabet look different on different platforms. > if caterpillar becomes a butterfly because of some mundane idea, is it still going to be instantly recognizable as a bug? Yes? Didn’t Hopper tape a moth ‘bug’ into her notebook?

kps 7y ago
> But we already have fonts that make the Latin alphabet look different on different platforms. But the differences in appearance are abstracted away; the whole point of an alphabet is that it's a small fixed set of symbols. Conversely if you see 𓀪 on one platform and 𓀫 on another, you have no idea whether the difference is meaningful or decorative.
- chrisseaton 7y ago
  > the whole point of an alphabet is that it's a small fixed set of symbols Emoji is an alphabet. There's a fixed set. I know they look different on different platforms but it's the same Emoji. Just like how an A here looks different to an A on Twitter. A vomiting face emoji conveys the same thing however it's drawn.
  - kps 7y ago
    Emoji aren't a fixed set; there are new ones added all the time: 230 this year, 157 last year, …. When I see an emoji, I can't tell whether it's an existing one drawn in a different style, or whether it got added since the last time I memorized the code chart.