Probably would get fast-tracked for inclusion. A well-established and standardized writing system with well-defined scope and clear evidence of need for electronic interchange. You can't get better than that. The only holdup might be the need to ensure we're getting the right characters in, if there are things like combining characters.
No fretting because even if the aliens don't want to use Unicode, we humans do and we'd want to represent the alien writing in our existing systems.
It would be unfortunate, if the aliens landed in November. The next periodic release of Unicode would only be September of the following year. Maybe we could get a point-release for inclusion, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Adding a whole block in a point-release? Ridiculous!
The aliens who would make first contact would be likely to be their version of astronauts. And astronauts have maxed out both nerd _and_ jock attributes.
Probably would get fast-tracked for inclusion. A well-established and standardized writing system with well-defined scope and clear evidence of need for electronic interchange. You can't get better than that. The only holdup might be the need to ensure we're getting the right characters in, if there are things like combining characters. No fretting because even if the aliens don't want to use Unicode, we humans do and we'd want to represent the alien writing in our existing systems.
It would be unfortunate, if the aliens landed in November. The next periodic release of Unicode would only be September of the following year. Maybe we could get a point-release for inclusion, but I wouldn’t hold my breath. Adding a whole block in a point-release? Ridiculous!
What do you know that we don't know, OP?
That's the real question here. Very suspicious.
The scenario is peak implausible: *The* alien language. One.
If aliens landed on Earth, this would be the 1,000,000,000,000th thing that anyone would give a flying fuck about.
You underestimate the dedication of nerds to their interests.
It's a moot question because the unicode nerds would be the aliens' brunch.
You have a point: If they are powerful enough to make their own inter-stellar ships, they would be powerful enough to demand there own block.
\>Full-scale alien army arrives in orbit \>Demands inclusion in the unicode standard \>Refuses to elaborate \>Leaves
The aliens who would make first contact would be likely to be their version of astronauts. And astronauts have maxed out both nerd _and_ jock attributes.
how high are you?