Re: [idn] URL encoding in html page

["David Leung \(Neteka Inc.\)" <david@neteka.com>]

> > The question is really why 8/16/32 bit Unicode is better than 5bit
(ACE)?
>
> ACE and UTF-8 are just compression algorithms that squeeze larger
> Unicode characters. ACE is more efficient than UTF, although more
> complex.
>
> But the claim to fame that UTF-8 has is that it is a standard that
> idn can reference, and it is coming into widespread use elsewhere.
>
> So moving to UTF-8 long term seems like such an obvious choice
> is surprises me that it even gets debated.
>
> Of course, Punycode is a nice compression method... Maybe we should
> take it to the Unicode forum and suggest that it be the next version of
> UTF-8?
>
> But if that doesn't happen, it should logically be phased out.

That's right if ACE is such a good "compression and encoding" scheme for
Unicode, I think Unicode consortium should adopts it as the new UTF-P or
UTF:-P, if they already have UTF8 that is widely use nowadays and also will
be more use in the future, why not use UTF8 as a long term, and re-inventing
the wheel now.