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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 12/26/2022 9:10 AM, Kent Karlsson
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">I understand the metaphor. That does not mean that I have to like that formulation…
/K
Skickat från min iPhone
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">26 dec. 2022 kl. 16:47 skrev James Kass via Unicode <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:unicode@corp.unicode.org"><unicode@corp.unicode.org></a>:
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<pre class="moz-quote-pre" wrap="">On 2022-12-26 3:10 PM, Kent Karlsson via Unicode wrote:
So while I’m not keen on referring to math expression representation formats as “mouse traps”,
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For anyone unfamiliar with this idiomatic usage, it derives from the saying "build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door".
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_a_better_mousetrap,_and_the_world_will_beat_a_path_to_your_door">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Build_a_better_mousetrap,_and_the_world_will_beat_a_path_to_your_door</a>
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<p><font face="Candara">No matter the metaphor used, the underlying
issue stands: Whatever the perceived shortcomings of existing
solutions, they represent investment by implementers and users
alike.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">Anything new will by definition be
incompatible with existing practice (which is initially on the
minus side of the ledger). To get people to accept a new
solution requires that a significant enough number will see the
promised benefits (positive side) as large enough to warrant
investment into adoption and implementation.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">That was no different from the situation
Unicode was in when it was invented as a new technology to
overcome the shortcomings of existing solutions.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">You may be correct that your solution has
advantages. I'm not a in good position to evaluate that, because
I'm not a user of any of the existing solutions (although I have
used LaTeX in the past, and have a working knowledge of
mathematical notation). The same is true, if more so, for most
people currently active in the Unicode space. They are not the
community that would be using a new mathematical notation, or
even uses existing ones.</font></p>
<p><font face="Candara">A./<br>
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