Stephen D Green <stephengreenubl@g...> writes:

> A huge benefit, brought by XML, was that with Unicode, it allowed
> [all natural languages] an equal playing field

Hear, hear.  Those of you who were around in [Santa Clara, I think it
was?] when the box of red pre-prints of the 1st draft of XML was
distributed will remember that there was significant push-back on the
commitment to Unicode, along the lines of "you idiots, you've signed
your own death warrent, no-one will commit to doubling the size of
their documents just to accommodate people who should be using English
anyway".  I exaggerate only slightly.  All credit to Jon Bosak and the
rest of the editorial group for not giving in.

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