Re: New Last Call: 'Tags for Identifying Languages' to BCP

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Bruce Lilly scripsit:

> > I see no reason why limits must be added as a 
> > constraint in a revision of RFC 3066.
> 
> The primary reason for specifying limits is due to the
> proposed removal of the review/registration process
> which currently limits the length of non-private-use
> tags.

The current process does *not* limit the length of non-private-use
tags.  It's true that the process does not permit the registration of
unlimited-length tags, as we do not have enough universe to represent them in full.

But absolutely nothing except his good sense prevents Michael from registering
en-the-dialect-spoken-on-the-bowery-between-1933-and-1945-by-alcoholic-drug-users-who-live-in-flophouses.

-- 
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"It's the old, old story.  Droid meets droid.  Droid becomes chameleon. 
Droid loses chameleon, chameleon becomes blob, droid gets blob back
again.  It's a classic tale."  --Kryten, Red Dwarf

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