Return-Path: Received: from murder ([unix socket]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Cyrus v2.2.8-Mandrake-RPM-2.2.8-4.2.101mdk) with LMTPA; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:53:53 +0200 X-Sieve: CMU Sieve 2.2 Received: from localhost (localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1AA6761B53 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:53:53 +0200 (CEST) Received: from eikenes.alvestrand.no ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (eikenes.alvestrand.no [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 16283-06 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:53:48 +0200 (CEST) X-Greylist: domain auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.4.8 Received: from megatron.ietf.org (megatron.ietf.org [132.151.6.71]) by eikenes.alvestrand.no (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7826561AF1 for ; Wed, 11 May 2005 04:53:48 +0200 (CEST) Received: from localhost.localdomain ([127.0.0.1] helo=megatron.ietf.org) by megatron.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1DVhLc-0000XF-EB; Tue, 10 May 2005 22:53:20 -0400 Received: from odin.ietf.org ([132.151.1.176] helo=ietf.org) by megatron.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.32) id 1DVhLa-0000X0-5C for ltru@megatron.ietf.org; Tue, 10 May 2005 22:53:18 -0400 Received: from ietf-mx.ietf.org (ietf-mx.ietf.org [132.151.6.1]) by ietf.org (8.9.1a/8.9.1a) with ESMTP id WAA15931 for ; Tue, 10 May 2005 22:53:15 -0400 (EDT) Received: from montage.altserver.com ([63.247.74.122]) by ietf-mx.ietf.org with esmtp (Exim 4.33) id 1DVhaz-0000QJ-A5 for ltru@ietf.org; Tue, 10 May 2005 23:09:15 -0400 Received: from lns-p19-4-idf-82-65-244-40.adsl.proxad.net ([82.65.244.40] helo=jfc.afrac.org) by montage.altserver.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44) id 1DVhLV-0002xp-UL; Tue, 10 May 2005 19:53:14 -0700 Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.2.20050511040248.03ee8440@mail.jefsey.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Wed, 11 May 2005 04:35:39 +0200 To: Markus Scherer , ltru@ietf.org From: "JFC (Jefsey) Morfin" Subject: Re: [Ltru] [psg.com #949] remove three-character limit in sections 2.2.2, 2.2.3 (of -00) In-Reply-To: <6bb0284905051010181e20cc27@mail.gmail.com> References: <00d201c55852$86e45280$7f1afea9@oemcomputer> <6bb0284905051010181e20cc27@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - montage.altserver.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - ietf.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - jefsey.com X-Scan-Signature: de4f315c9369b71d7dd5909b42224370 Cc: X-BeenThere: ltru@lists.ietf.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Language Tag Registry Update working group discussion list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: ltru-bounces@lists.ietf.org Errors-To: ltru-bounces@lists.ietf.org X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at alvestrand.no At 19:18 10/05/2005, Markus Scherer wrote: >The fixed subtag lengths are carefully chosen to allow for parsing of >language tags. In particular, "memory waste" for script subtags is >irrelevant: Language tags are not designed to use the fewest bits >imaginable. "another code element" will not have "a fixed 4 characters >length in the future" precisely because of the parsing of language >tags. If you like it, I obviously have no problem with that if the Draft drops its claim to be BCP 47. It will be a language oriented XML unable to document the script alone. Imagine you travel around and you only see the signs, the labels, the books, the newspapers if you can _first_ say in which language they are printed. Good luck :-) jfc _______________________________________________ Ltru mailing list Ltru@lists.ietf.org https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ltru