I just read the <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lucumr.pocoo.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;5&#x2F;12&#x2F;everything-about-unicode&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lucumr.pocoo.org&#x2F;2014&#x2F;5&#x2F;12&#x2F;everything-about-unicode&#x2F;</a> article referenced elsewhere in this discussion and it illustrates why there is some stuff that is not so easy to port.