Re: [WMASTERS] Can we please develop a standard?

["Harold F. Schiffman" <haroldfs@ccat.sas.upenn.edu>]

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George:  

I'm willing; I've given up on the idea of having ORNL's in the unicode; I
would also like to keep the vitriolic discourse out of this.

Hal Schiffman

On Thu, 2 Oct 1997, George Hart wrote:

> 
> This is to everyone -- myself, Selva, Hal, Bala, even Anu if he cares to
> listen.  Let's develop a standard.  Let's make it something that will be
> usable and widely accepted.  And let's follow the normal conventions of
> Tamil in 1997.  Sorry, Anu, but that means a few grantha characters.  What
> is important is not splitting hairs or trying to figure out why Tamils
> prefer to speak English in certain situations.  Let's get a standard, and
> then we can start arguing about this other stuff.  One suggestion to Anu:
> try reading Kampan or Sangam literature, and then reading Kalidasa.  You
> might be surprised -- in fact, if you learned Sanskrit, you'd be amazed to
> discover how Dravidian its syntax, structure, and thought patterns are.
> Just a thought.  GH
> 
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