On Tue, 28 Oct 2003, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
Is ASCII formally abolished as the lingua franca of email addresses,
meaning that some people will be unable to use ASCII addresses?
I think the latter will some day be the case. Personally I'm not unhappy
about it - anyone who doesn't know my alphabet is unlikely to know any
language I also know.
Such a prospect appalls me.
If not, doesn't that create a two tier world of persons who have
usable international addresses and those who have domestic-only
addresses?
Yep. Just like some of us speak foreign languages and others don't.
As long as the email addresses are fully sufficient for communication
with everyone with whom the user shares a language, it's okay.
This mixes apples and oranges; that is, the ability to have an email
address in your native script with language ability.
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