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From: daveb@geac.UUCP (Dave Brown)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Re: byte != 8 bits (formerly Size of SysV "block")
Message-ID: <958@geac.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 23-Jul-87 10:26:46 EDT
Article-I.D.: geac.958
Posted: Thu Jul 23 10:26:46 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 25-Jul-87 05:16:09 EDT
References: <218@astra.necisa.oz> <142700010@tiger.UUCP> <2792@phri.UUCP> <857@bsu-cs.UUCP> <6144@brl-smoke.ARPA> <463@unisoft.UUCP>
Reply-To: daveb@geac.UUCP (Dave Brown)
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Summary: non-english languages

In article <463@unisoft.UUCP> greywolf@unisoft.UUCP (The Grey Wolf @ ext 165) writes:
>	What is the problem here?  I see nothing wrong eight bits for a
>character.  Can you come up with anything better?  What's the matter?
>Are escape sequences for special characters too much for you to handle?
>Gimme a break.
>
>			Disgusted that this discussion is even *happening*,

Point 1: languages other than english have larger character sets than
	english.  Unless you wish to read transliterated text, the
	characters set used should contain *both* the english and
	non-english glyphs.  Escape sequencing occupies much more
	space than a large character set, and is understandably unpopular
	in (for example) Japan.


Point 2: FLAME ON
	Your last two sentences are an insult to non-english-speakers.
	FLAME OFF

  --David (Je ne parle pas Fran{\c}ais, je suis un rosbif) Collier-Brown
-- 
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