Re: [idn] Reality Check

[Keith Moore]

> > but due to backward compatibility and deployment issues, the ACE
> > representation is the essential one.  The UTF8 one is not needed.
> 
> It is only essential to the past twenty years of activity, while UTF8 is
> essential to the next twenty years.

for some applications, ACE will be needed for the next twenty years.
we can't expect people to upgrade their applications en masse.
nor would this make good operational sense.
 
> Managing a single representation of data is going to be the most important
> aspect going forward. You know this deep inside.

Gut feelings are often wrong, especially when they favor widespread and
disruptive change.  I place far more confidence in cost-vs-benefit analysis.

Keith