Re: ASCIIifying
| From: | taliesin the storyteller <taliesin@...> |
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| Date: | Wednesday, May 7, 2003, 11:55 |
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* Tristan McLeay said on 2003-05-07 12:16:36 +0200
> taliesin the storyteller wrote:
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> >Which is why we all so looove win-1252, and yet another reason to
> >looove Microsoft, because they make life so interesting!
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> Yeah, but if we all use Microsoft operating chaoses, what difference
> does it make?
"We" all don't, and when Win-1252 was first introduced, even fewer did,
and there are non-software-upgradable *hardware* that croaks by an ill
placed control-char. You know, the stuff that runs the internet backbone
(well used to), your fridge, airplanes, medical equipment, tool-
controllers (as in large plant/factory) etc. etc., the subset of the so-
called 'invisible computers' that can handle text.. you'd be surprised
how many of those still around that thinks ASCII==7-bit and obeys control-
chars.
t.
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