tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post3923618312944814173..comments2023-07-01T05:41:30.469-07:00Comments on Headius: Unicode in Ruby, Unicode in JRuby?headiushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15717357218364947795noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-34795574838037883712006-06-15T01:37:00.000-07:002006-06-15T01:37:00.000-07:00Even though I write Japanese and multilingual apps...Even though I write Japanese and multilingual apps often, in my opinion, adding unicode support to JRuby would only cause future headaches. I think we all just have to make to with using utf8 internally, and wait for ruby 1.9 (which i think is 6-12 months away). For people who don't like that option, there are sooo many unicode-in-ruby libraries to choose from.Gollynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-89131064660837526642006-06-15T07:50:00.000-07:002006-06-15T07:50:00.000-07:00My understanding, based on Ruby Kaigi (some Ruby g...My understanding, based on Ruby Kaigi (some Ruby get-together in Japan?) blogs, is that Ruby 1.9 m17n is unlikely to be available until well into 2007, with a 1.9.1 release coming around December. I don't think most people want to wait 12-18 months for native unicode support. There's also a large number of Java folks that won't be willing to step down from full unicode support just to use Ruby, and they're one of the large target audiences for JRuby.Charles Oliver Nutterhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06400331959739924670noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-76902722854697591182006-06-15T13:57:00.000-07:002006-06-15T13:57:00.000-07:00I would personally love to have unicode support in...I would personally love to have unicode support in JRuby even at the cost of being slightly ahead of "the other Ruby implementation". In particular it makes perfect sense for mixed java/ruby code deployments.mortenchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02698283827503630411noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-78908589447899644592006-06-17T07:32:00.000-07:002006-06-17T07:32:00.000-07:00I too would love to see JRuby seamlessly integrate...I too would love to see JRuby seamlessly integrate with the Java environment. Having to explicitly deal with unicode seems so unnatural when working in the JVM.tomhttp://www.tquas.orgnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4704664917418794835.post-91871113679311844472006-06-21T16:26:00.000-07:002006-06-21T16:26:00.000-07:00I think that regardless of when it happens, Ruby, ...I think that regardless of when it happens, Ruby, and JRuby, should use 32-bit characters internally. That way you don't have to worry about the whole surrogate-pair problem, except when you are reading input or writing output.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com