Ecma-48 proposed styling controls update updated & math expression representation proposal update

[Kent Karlsson]

There is no suggestion of use of plane 14 characters in the proposal.

/Kent K

> 7 jan. 2024 kl. 13:00 skrev Alexander Lange via Unicode <unicode at corp.unicode.org>:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> This only solves the problem of readability. It would still be harder to edit because you need a specialized keyboard layout and/or assistive technology for entering the new characters. Also remember that a Basic Latin letter needs 1 Byte in UTF-8 while a Plain 14 character needs 4, so for communication purposes you'll want to add some compression algorithm that both sides then need to implement.
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> And all of these things are just the workarounds needed to treat the disadvantages over Basic Latin based protocols. The main question is still: What is the benefit? What would be better?
> 
> Basic Latin based syntax has been working like a charm for decades now. I don't see any programmer switch from there to a more complicated system unless there is some serious advantage that I currently can't see.
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> Kind regards,
> Alexander Lange
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