Robert Steinmetz wrote: > >Day, I know you love ASCII, but the Greeks would've had a hard time writing > >using it. ASCII is great for English, but causes problems (without some > >"enhancements") for all those pesky, non-English speaking people who think they > >have something to say! :) > > > I believe the "A" In ASCII stands for American. So is was developed for English ;) Well, the nomenclature is a bit loose. The internet is based on 7 bits, but the IBM 8 bit, 256 character bitmaps which were used in text modes (both Linux & dos) and- the BBS networks, included the greek alphabet and lots of the german/fr/sp letters with oomlats and accents. Typically, this 8bit set is called the 'ascii' set.
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