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Also sprach Erik M. van der Poel (erik@srava.sra.co.jp):
>Yes, but Stavros is talking about *existing* programs, so how can it
>be anything other than a question of updating? (Not that I am for
>updating...)

Hm, the starting point for our discussion was a programming language
(Eiffel) who use []{}\ as special character, and whereof it would
be very easy to provide alternatives for the first four.

>I wonder which of the following 2 alternatives will be less expensive
>to the company in the long run:
>
> (a) replacing or adjusting the 7-bit hardware, or
> (b) countless frustrating man-hours battling software incompatibility

There is no software incompatibility to battle. It is just that you 
have to chose between reading Swedish with brackets and braces or 
reading programming code where letters appears as special characters.
There probably is a cost in man-hours, but none that you just get
some figures and then walk into management and say: "hey, let's
throw out this stone-age equipment."

>I find it hard to believe that there is no 8-bit version of Emacs
>floating around in Europe. Here in Japan, we have been using 16-bit
>characters in Emacs for *years*.

There is no official from GNU, but there hacks floating around, yes.
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