Chris Nandor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > At 17:20 +0100 2001.11.14, Andreas Marcel Riechert wrote: > >The Backslash and Yen-Sign (= an Y with two vertical strokes) have the > >same code-point in 7-bit ASCII/ JIS-ROMAN. So if an American sees a > >Backslash, Japanese users of MacPerl etc. may see a Yen-sign. > > Aha. Thanks for the info.
Ergo, if a Japanese user would send you a correct patch (using only 7 bit ASCII) but his mail programm sends a ISO-2022-JP header your (for a Programmer too smart;-) email Application may produce garbage. Andreas Marcel
