Claude Schneegans wrote: > I know that you are a fervent suporter of Unicode, and I'm also, but only > where I need it,
except that we think it's always needed. retrofitting is a bore. > For some pages in some sites in some languages, YES, but for most european > languages, > iso-8859-1 is the standard. as jochem has pointed out it has no euro, and as i found out from the unicode list not even all chars from "most european languages" as you put it: http://www.sustainablegis.com/blog/cfg11n/index.cfm?mode=entry&entry=5273BBAB-20ED-7DEE-2AD54A06799B0467 and these days i'm not sure what you'd call turkey (or the ukraine for that matter). unicode is really the only sensible char encoding for the euroland. > Of course, one can always use a combine harvester to mow one's green... ;-) that's not even close to being analogous. it's a myth that unicode is bloated, it's as efficient as it needs to be for the task it has to accomplish. the most frequently used chars (at least at the beginning of the unicode and perhaps internet) are encoded using only 1 byte. that helped give rise to some conspiracy folk's idea that the unicode was some kind of english-speaking western plot to take control of the world's languages. microsoft has replaced the "english-speaking western powers" as the evil genius in the latest version. for "other" languages that can fit within a codepage (say thai) yup, there is some bloat. but i haven't see anybody around here complaining. > Officially not, but de facto, yes. de facto? no i don't believe so. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:191326 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
