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The emojis here makes me sad in multiple levels. Most of all makes me sad because they seem to be prioritised on a higher level than some of the oldest written
by juhq 11y ago
The emojis here makes me sad in multiple levels.
Most of all makes me sad because they seem to be prioritised on a higher level than some of the oldest written languages on the planet.
- masklinn 11y ago> Most of all makes me sad because they seem to be prioritised on a higher level than some of the oldest written languages on the planet. 1. is there any evidence for that claim or are you just making things up as you go? 2. which scripts are specifically blocked because of emoji "being prioritised"? Keep in mind, Unicode 9 includes 74 new emoji and 7227 non-emoji codepoints including 4 new scripts.
- riffraff 11y agoI cannot see how they are "prioritised", I mean, does accepting them somehow delay accepting others? Or, do you mean that you would expect something to be already in unicode that is not there yet, while PILE_OF_POO is ? Seems to me it's mostly a matter of championing said languages, and noone has done it yet. (I do not know or understand the reason for adding more emojis, but it's not like we'll run out of codepoints soon)
- lmm 11y agoThat makes me happy. Codifying tools that a wide range of people find useful for communication today should be a higher priority than serving the extremely specialized needs of a few historians.
- smackfu 11y agoEmoji are easy. Codifying languages is hard.