"Martin v. Loewis" wrote: > > ... > > I'd like to know whether you have an example of a real-world > big-application problem that could not be conveniently implemented > using the new Unicode API. For all the examples I can think where > Unicode would matter (XML processing, CORBA wstring mapping, > internationalized messages and GUIs), it would work just fine. Of course an implicit behavior can never get in the way of big-application building. The question is about principle of least surprise, and simplicity of explanation and understanding. I'm-told-that-even-Perl-and-C++-can-be-used-for-big-apps -ly yrs -- Paul Prescod - ISOGEN Consulting Engineer speaking for himself "Hardly anything more unwelcome can befall a scientific writer than having the foundations of his edifice shaken after the work is finished. I have been placed in this position by a letter from Mr. Bertrand Russell..." - Frege, Appendix of Basic Laws of Arithmetic (of Russell's Paradox)
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