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The argument that author makes is "every letter in English alphabet is represented, why not every letter/grapheme in Bengali/Tamil/Telugu/Name your language" ar

• zhemao 12y ago
  Except that the whole purpose of Unicode is to create a character encoding that "enables people around the world to use computers in any language" - taken from the Unicode Consortium website. Bengali is also not an obscure language. It is the 10th most spoken language in the world and the national language of Bangladesh.
  • zhemao 12y ago
    And besides, the argument isn't "Why aren't all Bengali characters represented when all English characters are?" The argument is "Why aren't all Bengali characters represented when a pile of poo is?"
    • webitorial 12y ago
      No, the argument is "Why didn't the Unicode authors make the same technical choice I would have based on my limited knowledge of this topic -- including not knowing that the pile of poo was created for use in the Japanese market; as well as not knowing that I could participate myself for just $75, not the $18,000 lie in my story; and not understanding the nuances of international standardization; or reviewing the list of international liaisons to the Unicode organization where much of the language-specific work is done?"
  • TheCoelacanth 12y ago
    Bangladesh is a member of the Unicode Consortium. Why haven't they ensured that Bengali is well supported? The Unicode Consortium's job isn't to support every language in the world; it's to coordinate between the multitude of different parties who do the actual work to ensure that they produce can coexist nicely.