Re: Who's proble? (was [idn] Mixed TC/SC (was Re: Layer 2 and "idn identities"))

[Eric Brunner-Williams in Portland Maine <brunner@nic-naa.net>]

[Warning! Contributor humor follows!]

> We cannot, responsibly, I think, say "this protocol will work
> acceptably only if pigs fly" and then standardize the protocol
> any more than we think ICANN (or some other body) can,
> responsibly, say "we are going to adopt this policy, which will
> work well only if the laws of physics don't apply".

and

>                 Unicode Transformation Format Seventeen
>                          draft-whistler-utf17-00.txt
> ...
> 
> Whistler & McGowan      Expires December 20, 2001               [Page 4]
> 
> Internet-Draft                   UTF-17                        June 2001
> 
> 
> 4. Benefits of UTF-17
> 
>    ...
> 
>    UTF-17 is compatible with ASCII, as long as you avoid digits in your
>    ASCII text.
> 
>    ...
> 
>    seamlessly with most Internet protocols.  For example, UTF-17 could
>    be used immediately to solve the IDN problem -- at least for domain
>    names no longer than 8 characters in length.
> 
>    ...

I came across this gem yesterday.

Eric