Re:I Can’t Write My Name in Unicode
by vacri on Wednesday March 18, 2015 @01:17AM
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I work with a Bangladeshi, and he says that there are more millionaires in Bangladesh than here in Australia. Yes, the people are poor on average, but there's still a lot of money sloshing around.
As to your second point, the top-voted comment in the thread talks about writing exactly that character and gives an example. From the ensuing discussion with the article author, it seems that rather than an inconvenience per se, it's more of a subtle issue. sdg1 also mentions that there's little in the way of local standards, which may be hindering a formal uptake by unicode.
Ultimately the answer is to push the issue with the standards body. If you aren't going to front the money for voting power, then pester the people who do have the power, and make it easier for them by helping them to standardise the codepoints for the language. But whichever path is taken, they must be engaged professionally - saying things like "I take it as an outright insult that you haven't accommodated me yet" is not going to help.
As to your second point, the top-voted comment in the thread talks about writing exactly that character and gives an example. From the ensuing discussion with the article author, it seems that rather than an inconvenience per se, it's more of a subtle issue. sdg1 also mentions that there's little in the way of local standards, which may be hindering a formal uptake by unicode.
Ultimately the answer is to push the issue with the standards body. If you aren't going to front the money for voting power, then pester the people who do have the power, and make it easier for them by helping them to standardise the codepoints for the language. But whichever path is taken, they must be engaged professionally - saying things like "I take it as an outright insult that you haven't accommodated me yet" is not going to help.