Re: filename and normalization (was gcc identifiers)

["H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@xxxxxxxxx>]

Followup to:  <Pine.LNX.4.44js.0212041824370.13309-100000@xxxxxxxx>
By author:    Jungshik Shin <jshin@xxxxxxxxxxx>
In newsgroup: linux.utf8
> 
>  Whether you're convinced or not, it's not only in Unicode but also
> inscribed in ISO 10646.
> 

Standards change.  "Forever" is a very long time.

In short, I don't trust it.  I think it's yet another short-sighted
paint-into-corner to make Microsoft (who invested heavily in the
now-obsolete 16-bit Unicode) happy.

	-hpa
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