Re: Problems of Internationalized Mail Address eXtensions (IMAX)

D. J. Bernstein <[email protected]> schrieb/wrote:
> Do you think that moving beyond ASCII is some sort of theoretical game?
> You declare that the string "xyzzy" is a Greek alpha, you put "xyzzy" on
> the screen, and you expect the user to pretend he's seeing an alpha?

Someone who does not know the Greek language and can't type Greek
characters might actually prefer entering xn--mxa (which is Nameprep and
Punycode of a single alpha); it's even easier than using ISO 14755 for
longer name components.

While Greek and Cyrillic are quite familiar to people used to Latin,
other scripts are certainly not; most people could not compare strings
if they use different fonts or even rendering engines.

Claus
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