Re: Worst case scenarios on SCSU

2001-11-01 Thread DougEwell2
In a message dated 2001-10-31 15:54:34 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Has any one done worst case scenarios on SCSU, with respect to other methods of encoding Unicode characters? In addition to theoretical worst-case scenarios, it might also be worthwhile to consider

Re: Worst case scenarios on SCSU

2001-10-31 Thread Kenneth Whistler
David Starner wrote: Has any one done worst case scenarios on SCSU, with respect to other methods of encoding Unicode characters? As current Czar of Names Rectification, I must start protesting here. SCSU is a means of *compressing* Unicode text. It is not [an]other method of encoding Unicode

Re: Worst case scenarios on SCSU

2001-10-31 Thread David Starner
On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 05:04:44PM -0800, Kenneth Whistler wrote: And before going on, I'm not clear exactly what you are trying to do. SCSU is defined on UTF-16 text. Why do you say that? I can't find the phrase UTF-16 in UTS-6. It's says that it's a compression scheme for Unicode and that

Re: Worst case scenarios on SCSU

2001-10-31 Thread Kenneth Whistler
David Starner wrote: On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 05:04:44PM -0800, Kenneth Whistler wrote: And before going on, I'm not clear exactly what you are trying to do. SCSU is defined on UTF-16 text. Why do you say that? I can't find the phrase UTF-16 in UTS-6. UTS #6 is a very early Unicode

Re: Worst case scenarios on SCSU

2001-10-31 Thread DougEwell2
It must be a full moon on Halloween, because here I am in the extremely unfamiliar position of disagreeing quite strongly with Ken Whistler. In a message dated 2001-10-31 17:16:25 Pacific Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: As current Czar of Names Rectification, I must start

Re: Worst case scenarios on SCSU

2001-10-31 Thread Asmus Freytag
At 05:50 PM 10/31/01 -0800, Kenneth Whistler wrote: I have no quarrel with the claim that the SCSU scheme could be implemented directly on UTF-32 data. But as Unicode Technical Standard #6 is currently written, that is not how to do it conformantly. Actually, no specific encoding form is