that seems wrong. I've had a similar sentiment https://twitter.com/wycats/status/14149373552 … but you can do unicode well or poorly
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Replying to @wycats @aymericaugustin
I mean, there are two kinds of unicode critique. One informed, one uninformed.
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You get some folks complaining about problems that are a constant of dealing with international text.
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And you also have nuanced critique of the exact encoding system used or how it fits in with everything else.
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Replying to @ManishEarth @aymericaugustin
right, but the original tweet tarred both with one brush. For context: http://yehudakatz.com/2010/05/17/encodings-unabridged/ …
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Replying to @wycats @aymericaugustin
Right, because (a) it's a tweet :p and (b) the former kind of critique is waaay too common.
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TLDR I'm tired of explaining the concept of a grapheme cluster to idiots.
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Replying to @ManishEarth @aymericaugustin
idiot is a state of mind. it can change. ;p
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Replying to @wycats @aymericaugustin
I call them idiots precisely for their obstinate refusal to change. Im more than happy to explain unicode otherwise
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Replying to @ManishEarth @wycats
When a discussion is basically "my language allows infinite-size 'characters'" "your language stoopid", they're idiots.
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