[r6rs-discuss] Re: [Formal] formal comment (ports, characters, strings, Unicode)

From: John Cowan <cowan>
Date: Mon Mar 19 15:46:06 2007

Per Bothner scripsit:

> But I explained above why I don't think bucky bits are relevant.
> Characters do not have bucky bits. The "30 years of bucky-bit
> characters" is due to incorrectly conflating characters and
> input events, which does not make sense in today's multi-lingual
> world.

+1

It's also indicative that bucky bits (and fonts) were removed
from Common Lisp characters as long ago as 1989, though some
implementations probably still have them hanging about.

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