Re: [idn] UTF-8 as the long-term IDN solution

["D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>]

Paul Hoffman / IMC writes:
> If ACE works for all the IDN strings we want, then there is no reason 
> to do the second transition to UTF-8.

Consider a programmer writing network software five years from now, or
ten years from now.

He'll be working with text in UTF-8. But wait, you say, he has to
convert to some screwy ACE format on the wire. When he asks why all the
Internet protocols have this strange complication, you mumble something
about ancient versions of Sendmail that didn't support 8-bit text.

So he'll have to deal with ACE, taking time away from implementing new
features that users actually want.

You should be ashamed of yourself.

---Dan