If EBCDIC had become the prevalent code, you probably would hate ASCII. And to be fair, BCD did predate ASCII. What you really hate is the fact that IBM did not embrace ASCII a long time ago.
Regards, Richard Schuh > -----Original Message----- > From: CMSTSO Pipelines Discussion List > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Cronin > Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 8:37 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Detecting EBCDIC codepage? > > I'm soooo there with you! > -- > bc > > On Sun, Mar 7, 2010 at 11:35 AM, Phil Smith III > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Rick Troth wrote: > > >You also said ... > > >> I hate EBCDIC! > > > > Indeed. I often say that when I finish my time machine, I'm > going back > > to fix the ASCII-EBCDIC rift before it happens. (Also > null-terminated > > strings, but that's later.) Anyone who wants to go with me, > let me know. > > > > ...phsiii > > >
