Re: [idn] I fear I cannot use IDN in the next 10 years

[Dave Crocker <dhc@dcrocker.net>]

At 12:23 AM 10/5/2001, Eric A. Hall wrote:
>Clearly the world wants a UCS. While it is true that nobody can guarantee
>that this will be 10646/Unicode,

the world wants world peace.

such motivation is useful, but not sufficient, for achieving the desired goal.


>we can all be certain that it absolutely
>WON'T be ASCII. What we can also be sure of is that UTF-8 will be the
>favored encoding for the future that we can see.

what you seem to be missing is an appreciation of how often that phenomenon 
has occurred, yet proved wrong.


> > When uDNS moves from proposal to specification, the real feasibility
> > and tradeoffs associated with it can be debated.  Until then, it is
> > closer to a Rorschach test than a basis for technical debate.
>
>Hopefully there will be some meritorious debate at that time.

that would be nice.  the current, meretricious debate is wearing thin.

d/


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