On Tue, 3 May 2011 17:27:57 -0400, Tony Harminc wrote: >On 3 May 2011 01:30, Timothy Sipples wrote: > >> I'm wondering what IBM-MAINers like to use for editing Unicode (UTF-8, >> UTF-16, and/or UTF-32) "files" on z/OS. > >Sadly, UTF-EBCDIC, although invented by IBM 10+ years ago, has never >taken off. And this time one can't even blame the Windows or UNIX >mainframe-haters. So many z/OS APIs could have been changed one by one >to support UTF-EBCDIC... Too late. > Sigh of relief.
No. One can blame UTF-EBCDIC. As the OP mused, and a prompt followup expanded, what's desirable is a prevalent format that can be served directly by a HTTPD; no filtering or translation. That's extremely unlikely ever to happen with UTF-EBCDIC. (What browsers now support it?) If you're willing to change the data stream specification, go with something now prevalent; UTF-8 would be my choice. -- gil ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
