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   Message 19,979 of 21,759   
   Lawrence D'Oliveiro to John McCue   
   Re: Unicode 16 Is Out   
   14 Sep 24 22:35:37   
   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Sat, 14 Sep 2024 21:35:10 -0000 (UTC), John McCue wrote:   
      
   > Lawrence D'Oliveiro  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Which ones do you think are not distinctly different?   
   >   
   > See:   
   >   
   > https://jkorpela.fi/dashes.html   
      
   They all have different representations/meanings, which is why they’re   
   there.   
      
   > To me there is no need for multiple '-' characters.   
      
   Not good enough for typeset-quality text. Even if you want to confine   
   yourself to English text in Roman script, which a lot of people don’t.   
      
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