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Re: [idn] next language
At 14.13 +0100 00-11-24, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>At 16:35 22/11/2000 -0600, Todd Smith wrote:
>>What is the next language that we will be able to register domains in?
>
>The working group is attempting to come up with a solution that will
>allow registration of names in any language.
...and at an early stage we said that we talk about being able to use
other characters than A-Z, 0-9 etc in domainnames.
Use of languages implies tons of extra things which doesn't belong
here, such as language dependent comparison algorithms.
So, every time I see the term "language" used in the same paragraph
as IDN, I shiver of fear that people really talk about language.
Please don't!
Patrik
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