Re: [idn] ACE37,AMCW and LDUDE

["Edmon" <edmon@neteka.com>]

> I would *really* like to avoid complex reordering of codepoints, because
> it would require fairly large tables (that would have to be implemented
> on some machines of modest capability) and would be error-prone.
>
I agree.  The code block shifting mechanism in ACE37 however is very simple
and yeilds great benefit for CJK ideographs.

> I could see having a very simple reordering of codepoints in order
> to increase the efficiency of DUDE for ideographic languages.  But my
> (admittedly biased) sense is that we're fast approaching the point
> of diminishing returns.  Just how important is it to provide for names
> that are one or two ideographs longer?

It is more than one or two... in the worst case scenario for CJK, ACE37 out
performs DUDE by 5 characters!
And there is an undeniable demand from the CJK community to up the 14
character limit to at least, I guess close to the original 23 character
limit.

>
> Keith

Edmon