Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST)

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From: Boyd Roberts
Date: Thu, 31 Dec 1992 20:31

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There are two problems:

    1. Getting an encoding of the characters.

    2. Getting local conventions right.

Problem 2 is hard.  Problem 1 should not address problem 2.

Divide and conquer.

Plan 9 utf solves Problem 1.


Boyd Roberts			boyd@prl.dec.com

``When the going gets wierd, the weird turn pro...''

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Subject: Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST)
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