From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Message-ID: <6e35c0620605191403w1ac5f133gd0ad22607a787a29@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 19 May 2006 14:03:47 -0700 From: "Jack Johnson" To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@cse.psu.edu> Subject: Re: [9fans] combining characters In-Reply-To: <12bfb211154a2ebb15ff7e46a375c74d@quanstro.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline References: <12bfb211154a2ebb15ff7e46a375c74d@quanstro.net> Topicbox-Message-UUID: 521d971a-ead1-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 On 5/19/06, quanstro@quanstro.net wrote: > On Fri May 19 09:38:23 CDT 2006, rog@vitanuova.com wrote: > > it'd be nice to sort this issue out properly; surely it shouldn't be > > too hard? > > i believe this is another entry for the "famous lies list," ranking somew= hat > below "check's in the mail" and above "i have this friend who...." My boss (actually my boss' boss) likes to chase this idea: is this special cause or common cause? Are we fixing a broken system, or are we breaking a working system to try to solve a problem for only 3% of the cases? It sounds like there's definitely room for improvement, but I think it's a rabbit hole (with Alice in tow) to find the one general solution out there for the entire problem space. Would it be great to find that solution? Most definitely. But that could take a lifetime or more of work. So for me, the big question is what's the most graceful way to get from here to the 97% (or 99.7%) solution? -Jack (who does not speak enough languages to qualify for tackling this problem, but loves the problem space)