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Article #1148Re: 8-Bit ASCII Standard on UNIX-POSIX
From: rja
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 13:01
Date: Thu, 07 Apr 1988 13:01
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From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) I'd thought someone else would have pointed this out, but nothing has shown up at edison to correct the misconception. THERE IS AN 8-bit STANDARD, ISO 8859/1. It also has other variants (8859/2, etc.) which support other languages. The 8859/1 version supports nearly ALL languages in use in Western Europe. It is a proper superset of ASCII. [ Actually, Guy Harris already pointed this out. But your following observation is quite useful. -mod ] For more details, please tune into the ongoing discussions in comp.std.internat, where several people have voiced concerns over languages NOT supported. Nevertheless, since it is being adopted as an X/OPEN standard and big companies like AT&T are adopting it, expect it to take hold. Volume-Number: Volume 13, Number 47
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!longway!std-unix From: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Newsgroups: comp.std.unix Subject: Re: 8-Bit ASCII Standard on UNIX-POSIX Message-ID: <159@longway.TIC.COM> Date: 7 Apr 88 13:01:40 GMT References: <10317@uunet.UU.NET> <158@longway.TIC.COM> Sender: std-unix@longway.TIC.COM Reply-To: rja@edison.GE.COM (rja) Organization: GE-Fanuc North America Lines: 18 Approved: jsq@longway.tic.com (Moderator, John S. Quarterman)