Mark E. Shoulson wrote:

>
> Peter T. Daniels wrote:
>
> >"Unicode Standard," whoever that is, screwed with the definitions they
> >found in my book (or, possibly, prior articles). Why should I try to get
> >them to unscrew with what was plainly before their eyes?
> >
> >
> Why, for the same reason you're correcting them here: because it bothers
> you to see inaccurate information disseminated. It bothers you enough
> to correct it here, why not correct it where it can make a difference
> and reach more people? And if it doesn't bother you, why are you
> correcting it here?

(a) We've been told that nothing will be changed no matter what anyone
says;

(b) I am not "correcting" it here; I am pointing out that my intentions
were, at the least, distorted.

(c) We know that at least one user was confused by the distortion.
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Peter T. Daniels grammatim@...