On Sun, 05 Mar 2000 01:45:55 +0100 (CET), [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Menedetter) wrote:
> Hi
> "Samuel W. Heywood" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> SH> Very good explanation, Clarence. I sure wish this thing were
> SH> universally standardized. It would be a great step towards achieving
> SH> more compatible technology and improved communications. I think most
> SH> people would agree with me on this point.
> The problem is, that there are more special characters than 128.
> (eg hungarian 'hoszu � and �' which are not part of latin-1)
> But there is Unicode which has plenty of space for many, many characters,
> BUT it is not compatible to ascii ... (sure :)) it can't be compatible)
Yes, I realize that there are more special characters than just 128; however,
128 different characters is enough for most European languages. I have been
told that some Oriental languages have even several thousand special
characters. I have often wondered about the alternative code systems which
permit people having non-ascii characters in their language to communicate
over the internet. Would someone please refer me to a web page that would
help explain it?
Sam Heywood
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