Re: Character representation

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From: Alin Sangeap
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 01:38

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In article <15381@mordor.s1.gov> pom@s1-under.UUCP () writes:
|Besides I have VERY CONSTRUCTIVE
|(  insiders info ) FACT on ceddilas, umlats, haceks, and other such ...
| [modifiers] namely : In all langauges I know, there are many kinds,
| but ANY PARTICULAR LETTER either has one - or it does not. That means
| that we need to reserve just 1 bit ( 0.. unmodified) and (1.. modified).
|  to take care of dozens of languages.

| To disprove my conjecture, name one language with Latin-based alphabet 
| and one letter in that alphabet, which admits more then one modifier.
|
Romanian  (of the latin group of languages)
Letter a: a (plain)
          a with a paranthesis facing upwards above it
          a with a french-style accent circumflex (the upper half of a
                                                   45-degree-tilted square)
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           Alin Sangeap                    State U. of N.Y. @ Buffalo C.S.
INTERNET:  alin@cs.buffalo.edu             BITNET:    alin@sunybcs.bitnet
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NSA:       please decode all secret cryptography ciphers; best of wishes, A.

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Subject: Re: Character representation
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