Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!yetti!geac!daveb 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) Organization: The little blue rock next to that twinkly star Lines: 26 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 -- David (Collier-) Brown. | Computer Science Geac Computers International Inc., | loses its memory 350 Steelcase Road,Markham, Ontario, | (if not its mind) CANADA, L3R 1B3 (416) 475-0525 x3279 | every 6 months.