Make a encoding standard like Unicode

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1480152

by Ujjwol • 16 years ago

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Guys, what does it takes to make a new encoding standard like Unicode ? I am ready to learn anything for that. In how many years do you think the project will finish as one man project ?

amock• 16 years ago

What kind of encoding standard? Creating the standard isn't the hard part, but getting it used by other people could be very difficult or very easy depending on what it is.

Quasimofo• 16 years ago

Do you mean a universal encoding format for any printable glyph?

Well, it's a helluva lot of language research to start with. I guess you could cheat by just copying the Unicode code pages, but then you haven't really accomplished much.

Or do you mean a new Unicode Transformation Format? That may well be a fun exercise, but you'd need to have a clear idea of the problem you're solving. 7-bit gateways? Fast compression? Fast decompression? Favors common glyphs at the expense of rare ones? Random access versus stream decoding?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unicode_Transformation_Format

Make a encoding standard like Unicode

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