Thu, 11 Nov 2010 23:59:36 +0100, spir wrote: > (3) most texts we deal with > today only hold common characters that have a single-code > representation. So that everybody plays with strings as if (1 code <--> > 1 char).
That might be true for many americans. But even then the single byte can't express all characters you need in everyday communication. There are countless people with é or ë or ü in their last name. ” and “ are probably not among the first 128-256 codes. Using e instead of ë or é might work to some extent, but ü and u are pronounced differently. Some use ue instead.
