Peter T. Daniels <grammatim at worldnet dot att dot net> wrote:

>> Probably most of the list is aware of these, certainly those whose
>> interest is computer-related (as opposed to, say, Peter Daniels).
>
> I really don't see why a list intended for the discussion of writing
> systems should have mutated into a list devoted to discussion of
> computer problems.

I don't think mentioning locales counts as discussing a computer
problem. They have to do with software localization, which can
certainly involve writing systems. Having a computer-related interest
in writing systems does not mean one is not interested in writing
systems.

When it gets down to arguing over which browser is better, or why
certain characters don't show up with this font and that version of
Uniscribe, or whether it is better to send numeric HTML entities or
straight UTF-8 in e-mail, then I agree we have crossed the line into
discussing computer problems.

-Doug Ewell
Fullerton, California
http://users.adelphia.net/~dewell/