Samuel W. Heywood wrote:
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> Why is HTML programmed in such a way so as to not perform a one-for-one
> rendering of high ascii characters? IMHO, it would seem a good idea if
> all HTML viewers and text-to-HTML converters were to adhere to the
> international ascii standard. This would eliminate many problems in
> attempting to correspond with someone in a language that is other than one's
> own.
Hi Sam;
That's probably because there is no REAL single standard for the high ASCII
characters.
ASCII is fully represented by a 7 bit code and the use of the other half of
the available byte depends on who is using it. Printer manufacturers have
had their own ideas, software written for languages and character sets other
than English frequently makes use of this space (but not in a standardized
manner) and obviously IBM chose to use it for some special characters and
graphics.
- Clarence Verge
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