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Re: Unicode newsgroup name options

2003-02-21 14:32:41

On Thu, 20 Feb 2003, Russ Allbery wrote:
  | 1   2   3   4   5   6   7   8   9  10  11  12  13  14
 -+------------------------------------------------------
 A| D   C   N   N   D   Y   N   N   N   Y   N   D   Y   D
 B| Y   Y   C   Y   Y   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   C   D
 C| D   C   C   C   D   N   N   N   N   N   N   N   C   D

Choice "A" has three "Y"s, four "D"s, and one "C".

Choice "B" has with four "Y"s, one "D", and two "C"s.

Choice "C", the ugly duckling, has no "Y"s, three "D"s, and four "C"s.

Choice "A" has one fewer "N" than "B" or "C".

If you believe in the premise that a "Y" is more expensive than a "D", and
a "D" is more expensive than a "C", then choice "C" (punycode everywhere)
stands out as the preferable choice.  The more expensive that you rate a
"Y" compared to a "D" or "C", the better than choice "C" looks.

Now, let's factor out the items in which all three choices are equivalent,
and the superiority of choice "C" becomes even more apparent.

 | 1   2   3   4   5   6   10  12  13
-+-----------------------------------
A| D   C   N   N   D   Y    Y   D   Y
B| Y   Y   C   Y   Y   N    N   N   C
C| D   C   C   C   D   N    N   N   C

-- Mark --

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