Unicode in the Curriculum?

[Erkki I Kolehmainen]

+1

 

I cannot but agree with Asmus.

 

Sincerely, Erkki

 

Lähettäjä: Unicode [mailto:unicode-bounces at unicode.org] Puolesta Asmus Freytag (t)
Lähetetty: 7. tammikuuta 2016 01:19
Vastaanottaja: unicode at unicode.org
Aihe: Re: Unicode in the Curriculum?

 

On 1/6/2016 10:59 AM, Shawn Steele wrote:

+1  :)  


I'm not going to join the happy chorus here.

The "bunny" slope for most people is their own native language...

A./



 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Unicode [mailto:unicode-bounces at unicode.org] On Behalf Of Ken Whistler
Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 7:44 AM
To: Andre Schappo  <mailto:A.Schappo at lboro.ac.uk> <A.Schappo at lboro.ac.uk>
Cc: unicode at unicode.org
Subject: Re: Unicode in the Curriculum?
 
Actually, ASCII should *not* be ignored or deprecated.
 
We *love* ASCII. The issue is just making sure that students understand that the *true name* of "ASCII" is "UTF-8". It is just the very first 128 values that open into the entire world of Unicode characters.
 
It is a mind trick to play on young programmers: when you learn "ASCII", you are just playing on the bunny slope at the UTF-8 ski resort. Slap on your snowboard and practice -- get out there onto the 2-, 3- and 4-byte slopes with the experts!
 
--Ken
 
On 1/6/2016 4:09 AM, Andre Schappo wrote:

On 4 Jan 2016, at 16:59, Asmus Freytag (t) wrote:
 

ASCII shouldn't be taught, perhaps?

I really like the idea of questioning whether or not ASCII should even be taught.
 
Wherever in a programming curriculum, text processing/transmission/storage/presentation/encoding is taught, then it should be Unicode text.
 
ASCII, along with, ISO-8859 ISO-2022 GB2312  .etc. should be consigned 
to
 
.and finally, the legacy character sets/encodings...
 
Maybe ASCII should now be flagged as deprecated 
https://twitter.com/andreschappo/status/684706421712228352
 
André Schappo
 
 
 
 

 
 
 

 

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