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Article #2482Re: Character representation
From: Rob Bernardo
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 11:29
Date: Wed, 19 Aug 1987 11:29
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In article <15381@mordor.s1.gov> pom@s1-under.UUCP () writes:
+( 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.
Not so.
French allows ' and ^ over all vowels and ` additionally over "e".
Hungarian allows two dots, ', and '' over "u" and "o".
Spanish allows ' and two dots over "u".
Just to name a few off the top of my head. :-)
--
I'm not a bug, I'm a feature.
Rob Bernardo, San Ramon, CA (415) 823-2417 {pyramid|ihnp4|dual}!ptsfa!rob
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!columbia!rutgers!lll-lcc!ptsfa!pbhye!rob From: rob@pbhye.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.std.internat Subject: Re: Character representation Message-ID: <2022@pbhye.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 07:29:00 EDT Article-I.D.: pbhye.2022 Posted: Wed Aug 19 07:29:00 1987 Date-Received: Fri, 21-Aug-87 07:18:41 EDT References: <15381@mordor.s1.gov> Reply-To: rob@pbhye.UUCP (Rob Bernardo) Organization: Pacific * Bell, San Ramon, CA Lines: 19