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Article #316Re: 8-bit news
From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:06
Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:06
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We run a lot of ISO Latin-1 here -- I hate it; there are just too many things that break when they see 8 bit characters, and I'm usually the one who has to _hack_ 8 bit cleanliness into things. Don't get me wrong, I'm all for 8 bit clean code. Once we have that, just run Plan 9 utf -- end of problem. Pushing Plan 9 utf should make everyone happy; it's clean, simple and it _works_. Boyd Roberts boyd@prl.dec.com ``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''
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Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,news.admin.misc Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!gatech!darwin.sura.net!haven.umd.edu!decuac!pa.dec.com!decprl!decprl!boyd From: boyd@prl.dec.com (Boyd Roberts) Subject: Re: 8-bit news Message-ID: <1992Dec27.160625.25035@prl.dec.com> Sender: news@prl.dec.com (USENET News System) Nntp-Posting-Host: airstrike.prl.dec.com Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation - Paris Research Laboratory References: <Bzn9z3.Bs2@exnet.co.uk> <1hg2afINNi81@nigel.msen.com> <24483@alice.att.com> Date: Sun, 27 Dec 1992 16:06:25 GMT Lines: 11