Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 8:30 PM Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > I think what we can do is to keep the "#ifdef EBCDIC" lines and just > > remove the "#ifdef FEAT_MBYTE" conditions. Then, when 'encoding' is set > > to "latin1" and Vim is build with EBCDIC defined, hopefully it will just > > work. Well, there are three possibilities: > > > > 1. It just works, we can leave EBCDIC as-is > > 2. It doesn't work and someone can fix it. > > 3. It doesn't work and we give up on EBCDIC. > > 4. Nobody notices EBCDIC is broken. > > > > OK, FOUR possibilities. > > > > Either way, I think we can greaduate FEAT_MBYTE now. Unless someone > > shouts, I'll probably do that tomorrow. > > I don't use EBCDIC myself, but with all the recent patches by Zoltan > Arpadffy I think #3 would be regrettable and I don't think #4 is > possible, which leaves us with only two possibilities: > 1. EBCDIC still works, we can leave it as-is > 2. EBCDIC gets broken, Zoltan and Bram have to put their heads > together and fix it. AFAIK VMS doesn't use EBCDIC, it's z/OS that uses it. That's an IBM operating system based on the old OS/390. Also called an MVS operating system, which can easily be confused with VMS. Some systems just never die... Quote from Wikipedia: "retains much of the functionality originating in the 1960s". It's the opposite of deprecating stuff that's only 5 years old, which appears to be popular among big companies these days. It does require someone to actually maintain the code. If there is no such person, well, then it's probably not worth maintaining. -- DINGO: Wicked wicked Zoot ... she is a bad person and she must pay the penalty. And here in Castle Anthrax, we have but one punishment ... you must tie her down on a bed ... and spank her. Come! GIRLS: A spanking! A spanking! "Monty Python and the Holy Grail" PYTHON (MONTY) PICTURES LTD /// Bram Moolenaar -- [email protected] -- http://www.Moolenaar.net \\\ /// sponsor Vim, vote for features -- http://www.Vim.org/sponsor/ \\\ \\\ an exciting new programming language -- http://www.Zimbu.org /// \\\ help me help AIDS victims -- http://ICCF-Holland.org /// -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
