X-Comment-To: Axel C. Frinke
Hi!
26-ξΟΡ-2002 02:18 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Axel C. Frinke) wrote to [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
AF>>> Well, with the assumption that all codepage IDs would not take more
AF>>> than 10 bits, there would be 6 remaining bits to denote variations of
AB>> Please, don't make such silly suggestions and implementations. Making
ACF> Really, I would not call this suggestion 'silly'.
But results of such decisions often are silly. B-\ Probably, most clear
example of such decisions is an BIOS limits for disk sizes: first 512M, then
2Gb, then 4Gb, then 8Gb, then 32Gb, then 127Gb...
ACF> Maybe I've gone too
ACF> far with 'nightmare', but it's still handy to save address space.
This is matter of taste, how call such desicions: "silly", "nightmare",
etc.
AB>> full featured lookup table may be _slightly_ more complicated, but then
AB>> later this will not crash your (and our) head when limits will be exhausted.
ACF> Yes, but whenever new codepages are introduced, such lookup tables
ACF> must be maintained, this can become a cumbersome work.
Why?
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