Re: [lojban] Tangent the second: ASCII

[Ivo Doko <ivo.doko@gmail.com>]

On 7 April 2010 19:45, Christopher Doty <suomichris@gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm wondering how closely tied people are to the idea that, if a
> hypothetical thing happened where Lojban got, say, tone, it should stick
> with ASCII-only characters?  I realize there was a good reason for this in
> the past, but I have trouble seeing a reasoning for it now.  Just wondering
> how people feel about that now that Unicode has become the standard?  ASCII
> is synonymous with "old-fashioned computing" to me, so just curious.
> (I think there are advantages both staying with ASCII or going by Unicode,
> and am not advocating for a change or anything; just curious what people
> think.)
> Chris
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Well in my humble opinion there's absolutely no downside in staying
within ASCII *if it is feasible*. If, however, it isn't, then
obviously the only way to go is Unicode. But as long as it's possible
to stay within the albeit a bit tight confines of ASCII I don't see a
reason for intentionally inventing things for the sole purpose of
having to step outside it.

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