In a recent note, David Cole said: > Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2006 10:41:17 -0400 > > - Third, most character sets are not congruent (although [as Tony > Harminc points out] 1047 and 8859-1 might be, I haven't yet had time > to examine them thoroughly). Generally, each set will have characters > defined that are not defined in the other. > It is my understanding that 1047 was created in response to a user Requirement to be congruent to 8859-1.
Nonetheless, and dismayingly, even various IBM products differ about whether LF and NL should be swapped when converting between 1047 and 8859-1. (OEMVS311 swaps them; CMS Pipelines doesn't.) -- gil -- StorageTek INFORMATION made POWERFUL ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
