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Re: [idn] Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) Declaration
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- Subject: Re: [idn] Chinese Domain Name Consortium (CDNC) Declaration
- From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>
- Date: 5 Feb 2002 11:36:31 -0000
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Dave Crocker writes:
> Provide an existing specification for solving this problem outside the
> domain name service.
One well-known example is the standard TeX OML encoding, which includes
lowercase gamma and uppercase Gamma, and lowercase b and uppercase B,
and lowercase beta, but not a separate uppercase Beta. Why? Because
uppercase Beta and uppercase B have the same glyph.
> Provide a basis for believing that it has gained wide acceptance.
> Oh. You can't do that.
Feel free to continue making a fool of yourself, Dave.
---Dan