From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...17n.org>
Date: 2002-08-06T12:47:43+09:00
Subject: Re: Unicode in Ruby now?

In article <Pine.NEB.4.44.0208060937500.429-100000@angelic.cynic.net>,
  Curt Sampson <cjs@cynic.net> writes:

> In Japan, I have *never* met anyone outside of someone testing Unicode
> or Unicode-based applications that has ever used a surrogate character.

Because Unicode has all JIS X 0208 characters in BMP.  However new
standard JIS X 0213:2000 requires surrogate area to represent it.

Since Unicode assigns characters in surrogate area since Unicode-3.1
which is released in 2001, they are not widely used yet.
I agree you, now.  But I think it will be deployed near future.
-- 
Tanaka Akira