From: D. J. Bernstein (djb@cr.yp.to)
Date: Tue Jan 14 2003 - 14:26:53 CST
Russ Allbery writes:
> Given that people have been sending 8-bit data in headers for years
> without regard to any existing standard, why do you believe that
> releasing a standard that mandates UTF-8 will cause them to start
> paying attention to standards again?
People disobey the 7-bit standard. You leap to the conclusion that they
are, as a rule, not paying attention to standards, and therefore won't
pay attention to the next standard. Wrong. The reason people disobey the
7-bit standard is that the 7-bit standard sucks.
---D. J. Bernstein, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematics,
Statistics, and Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago