On Jun 26, 2007, at 10:16 AM, Thor Lancelot Simon wrote:

>  if the encodings
> are carefully chosen

The problem I see here is that the encodings *aren't* being carefully  
chosen.  "SCN" is not compatible with any other data serialization  
format used for this purpose, and that forms part of the basis for my  
objection to it.

-- thorpej