On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:04 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) < [email protected]> wrote:
> In > <cc42e2f56d60f24fb8a6bcc639d1d96331ad0...@samtcasxmb46.usa.dce.usps.gov>, > on 05/15/2015 > at 06:54 PM, "Hansen, Dave L - Eagan, MN" <[email protected]> > said: > > >"The problem is that UNIX, and its core programming language C, rely > >on characters that don't exist in some EBCDIC codepages. EBCDIC 1047 > >is designed to include all the characters USS needs > > My response to Mr. Hansen would be to just use either digraphs or trigraphs in his C code. ref: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digraphs_and_trigraphs TrigraphEquivalent= ??#?? /\?? '^?? ([??)]??!|?? <{??>}?? -~ Yes, a PITA, but still ANSI supported, mainly due to IBM and EBCDIC. How to? In Ubuntu: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/natty/man1/entrigraph.1.html . Given the above, it should be rather simple to write some REXX code on z/OS to do the conversion as well. -- If someone tell you that nothing is impossible: Ask him to dribble a football. He's about as useful as a wax frying pan. 10 to the 12th power microphones = 1 Megaphone Maranatha! <>< John McKown ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
