From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: David Kastrup Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: Case mapping of sharp s Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:39:57 +0100 Message-ID: <87fx88aw6a.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> References: <4B05A11F.5000700@gmx.de> <87iqd6gmpk.fsf@lola.goethe.zz> <87tywp7tir.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> <87aayheki7.fsf@uwakimon.sk.tsukuba.ac.jp> NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1258807287 26732 80.91.229.12 (21 Nov 2009 12:41:27 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2009 12:41:27 +0000 (UTC) Cc: "Stephen J. Turnbull" , monnier@iro.umontreal.ca, emacs-devel@gnu.org To: rms@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Nov 21 13:41:20 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NBpHB-00070U-M4 for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:41:17 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:37832 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NBpHB-0006Iw-4I for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:17 -0500 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NBpH4-0006Fd-52 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:10 -0500 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1NBpGz-00067t-Ju for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:09 -0500 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=43064 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1NBpGz-00067l-H7 for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:05 -0500 Original-Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([140.186.70.10]:49009) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1NBpGz-00068v-3n for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:41:05 -0500 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:56596 helo=lola.goethe.zz) by fencepost.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.67) (envelope-from ) id 1NBpGr-0007CG-Sc; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 07:40:58 -0500 Original-Received: by lola.goethe.zz (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 8E2452029A; Sat, 21 Nov 2009 13:39:57 +0100 (CET) In-Reply-To: (Richard Stallman's message of "Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:02:28 -0500") User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1.50 (gnu/linux) X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6 (newer, 3) X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:117440 Archived-At: Richard Stallman writes: > I don't think the design of MULE was an error in the 1990s. I think that the design of utf-8 that makes character starts immediately recognizable without the need for rescanning or synchronization has been an excellent idea. MULE coding lacks this feature. "less than optimal" is not the same as "an error". The coding scheme of utf-8 has enough ingenuity and non-obviousness in it to make it eligible for a software patent. Good thing we don't have to worry about this one. -- David Kastrup