Re: Unicode and math symbols

["Martin J. Duerst" <mduerst@ifi.unizh.ch>]

On Fri, 28 Feb 1997, Berthold K.P. Horn wrote:

> This is why it is so important to get as many of these issue resolved
> *long* before anyone ever starts using this sort of stuff.  Like if
> we decide in the next millenium that UNICODE may be useful for TeX,
> then  it  would be too late to agitate for inclusion of additional 
> characters at *that* point.

Inclusion of additional characters, in particular genuinely new
(in the sense that they are not just the same as something already
in) but well established math symbols, in not a problem at all
(except for time, which is spent mainly on the ISO side).
There many ongoing additions, in particular scripts not yet
covered, historical scripts, and CJK ideographs.

Of course, moving things around is a completely different issue,
to be avoided at all cost.

Regards,	Martin.