Russ,
Tuesday, January 14, 2003, 11:16:03 AM, you wrote:
Russ> Given that people have been sending 8-bit data in headers for years
Russ> without regard to any existing standard, why do you believe that releasing
Russ> a standard that mandates UTF-8 will cause them to start paying attention
Russ> to standards again?
Given that people often drive their cars with no regard for posted speed
limits, we should just get rid of the speed limits, right?
Oh. That's right. There are other consequences to worry about.
It might be useful for "just do utf-8" proponents to start paying attention
to the citations of other consequences.
d/
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