Re: 8-bit representation, plus an X problem

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From: Andrew Hume
Date: Thu, 17 Dec 1992 05:01

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	i appear to have confused randall a tad. the UTF-2 encoding
requires 8 bit transmission.
	i am puzzled why people want to do 8859-* as an intermediate step.
it seems clear to me that if you can get the damn bits through,
you may as well do UTF-2, particularly as there is a well-defined
invertible mapping between 10646 and all the 8859-* character sets.

			andrew hume

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From: andrew@alice.att.com (Andrew Hume)
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Subject: Re: 8-bit representation, plus an X problem
Summary: sorry for any confusion
Keywords: ISO8859-1 CP850 fidonet gateway
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Date: 17 Dec 92 05:01:51 GMT
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