Xref: utzoo comp.std.c:54 comp.lang.c:10765 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!helios.ee.lbl.gov!pasteur!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!athena.mit.edu!scs From: scs@athena.mit.edu (Steve Summit) Newsgroups: comp.std.c,comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Trigraphs. Message-ID: <5809@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU> Date: 17 Jun 88 03:10:22 GMT References: <19345@watmath.waterloo.edu> Sender: daemon@bloom-beacon.MIT.EDU Reply-To: scs@adam.pika.mit.edu (Steve Summit) Distribution: comp Lines: 14 Here's what I don't understand about trigraphs in character strings (the only kind I'm worried about): of what possible utility are they? As I understand it, trigraphs let you utter characters, which you need in C, which your local terminal doesn't understand. However, the thing you usually do with strings is print them out (usually on your local terminal) so if your local terminal can't handle the character, why is it important to have a special way to encode it within a string? If I am overlooking some obvious or oft-discussed fact, or if I am repeating Ray Butterworth's argument, please respond by mail or not at all; the net has had about enough trigraph articles. Steve Summit scs@adam.pika.mit.edu