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From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
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Subject: Re: sharp � and ss in Ada keywords like ACCESS
Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:06:59 -0500
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"Georg Bauhaus" <rm.dash-bauhaus@futureapps.de> wrote in message 
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> I'd try a KISS definition of "alphabet". It does not involve
> national languages, or meaning.

If it is not a 10646 character classification, it isn't practical to use in 
Ada (or any other programming language). Attempting to invent our own 
classifications would be a recurring nightmare as new characters are added 
to the character sets.

The Unicode people have spent a lot of effort thinking about the issues of 
extended characters in identifiers, and it makes the most sense to build on 
their work rather than inventing some of our own. After all, they're the 
character experts, not us.

                                       Randy.