Comment by thaumasiotes

I know that. That's why I mentioned

> in "defense" of Unicode, it has several principles that directly contradict each other

Unicode wants to do several things, and they aren't mutually compatible. It is premised on the idea that you can be all things to all people.

> It’s not a bug, it’s a feature.

It is a bug. It directly violates Unicode's stated principles. It's also a feature, but that won't make it not a bug.