On 24 May 2014 07:40:49 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >[email protected] (Paul Gilmartin) writes: >> I hate EBCDIC! USASCII code points are relatively stable, even outside >> the USA. > >old standby ... EBCDIC was the biggest computer goof ever ... originally >360 was suppose to be ASCII machine >http://www.bobbemer.com/P-BIT.HTM >and >http://www.bobbemer.com/FATHEROF.HTM >http://www.bobbemer.com/HISTORY.HTM
I would never use the nationals because of their instability. Which of the following are stable across code pages? , comma . period ( left parentheses ) right parentheses * asterisk + plus sign - minus sign or hyphen = equal sign & ampersand % percent sign _ underscore / slash < less than sign > greater than sign : colon ; semi-colon I realize that the various password mechanisms may forbid one or more of these characters. Clark Morris ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
