On Dec 1, 2005, at 3:16 PM, Keith Moore wrote:
the
the ability to read and print UTF-8 in the field is still
significantly
worse than the ability to read and print ASCII.
That assertion could use a little empirical backing. Empirically,
there are people who find the ASCII versions easier to deal with; you
are one. Empirically, there are those who simply do not observe
problems with UTF-8; I am one. I could say "There are more like me
than like you" and while I suspect that is correct, I have no
evidence to back it up, so I won't assert it. I will state with some
confidence however that the group of people in your position is
shrinking, while that in mine is growing.
And I will freely admit that I find the notion that a group of people
designing global infrastructure think it's OK to use ASCII so morally
and and aesthetically offensive that it probably interferes with my
evaluation of the trade-offs.
I will now shut up. It is clearly the case that there is tremendous
resistance within the IETF to leaving their comfy ASCII enclave. -Tim
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