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> > it's true that Unicode is (relatively speaking) very new for such a fundamental technology

> That's becoming quite hard an argument to swallow when encountering astral planes issues in 2012 when Unicode 2.0 was introduced in 1996.

I don't get your argument. MySQL was also released around that time and we don't call it "cutting edge" because we found a bug. There are bugs in old stuff all the time but (most) people don't throw a fit.

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Unicode is being called 'cutting edge' because it's no longer 'old hat.' Lots of things claim support for Unicode, but few (or none) support it well. Unicode isn't a software project, it's a spec/idea. It's like calling a Star Trek tricorder "cutting edge" because no one has implemented a fully-functional version. Sure the idea has been around for a while, but at this point there's no acceptable manifestations of that idea.

> I don't get your argument. MySQL was also released around that time and we don't call it "cutting edge" because we found a bug.

Not supporting astral planes and saying you're supporting utf-8 is not a bug, it's a lie.

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