Re: Where writing systems meet computers

Richard Wordingham wrote:

>
> --- In qalam@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Constable" <petercon@...> wrote:
>
> > It's none of the above. It has to do with default collation not
> > supporting Canadian Syllabics. It's not something that can readily be
> > updated on existing systems, and it wouldn't do very well to enable
> > ability to work with Cdn Syllabics text data when e.g. all filenames
> > consisting of Cdn Syllabics characters would compare as identical.
>
> That's a long way from,
>
> 'A giant project is underway to make computing much more friendly for
> Inuit - not by fixing any bugs and technical glitches, but by
> translating the entire Windows operating system into Inuktitut.'

I read the article to state that at least 2 release cycles would be
needed to get to the goal. But maybe I was reading between the lines
because this is precisely my area of experience, and it may not have
been so clearly stated in the article. First in Roman orthography, then
in Syllabics.

>

Best,

Barry