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1 total messages Started by hokey%plus5 Sat, 21 Sep 1985 00:18

Author: hokey%plus5
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1985 00:18

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Mumps is being implemented in environments with different character sets.

It is very useful to be able to identify this environment.

I propose the creation of a new special variable which will contain an
identification of the character set provided by the current environment.

This special variable could be called $CHARACTERSET.  "Old" mumps programs
would expect $C to be "ANSIX3.4-1968", while more recent software would
expect $C to be "ANSIX3.4-1977".  In Europe, the value might be "ISO646".

The value of $C could be dependent on $I.

I suspect instant values for $C could be specified for other character sets.

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