Failures in Unicode support seem usually to result from the standard’s persistently shortsighted design—well intentioned and carefully considered though it undo

Failures in Unicode support seem usually to result from the standard’s persistently shortsighted design—well intentioned and carefully considered though it undoubtedly is. It’s a “good enough” solution to a very difficult problem, but I wonder if we won’t see Unicode supplanted in the next decade. All that aside: emoji should not be in Unicode. Fullstop.