His original 16-bit design was based on the assumption that only those scripts and characters in modern use would need to be encoded: Unicode gives higher priority to ensuring utility for the future than to preserving past antiquities.
Dieser 16-Bit-Zeichensatz sollte nach den ursprünglichen Plänen lediglich die Zeichen moderner Sprachen kodieren: “Unicode gives higher priority to ensuring utility for the future than to preserving past antiquities.