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> And Crockford makes the better tradeoff by addressing I/1/l ambiguity instead of U/V. Exactly! It is much easier to mistake "l" for "1" (lowercase L for num
by AQXt 6y ago
> And Crockford makes the better tradeoff by addressing I/1/l ambiguity instead of U/V.
Exactly!
It is much easier to mistake "l" for "1" (lowercase L for number 1) than "5" for "S" or "U" for "V".
- sedatk 6y agoCrockford doesn't have U in its alphabet so it doesn't have U/V problem either. It just doesn't have aliasing for U because it's used for check digits.