Re: ASCIIifying

* Tristan McLeay said on 2003-05-07 14:20:08 +0200
> taliesin the storyteller wrote:
> > * Tristan McLeay said on 2003-05-07 12:16:36 +0200
> > > 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.
>
> Sorry, you missed the humor. I'm running Linux, and I certainly hope it
> isn't a Microsoft operating system. Also, I doubt you're likely to send
> an email to a fridge, aeroplane, medical equipment or whatever. But
> mostly, I was arguing Microsoft's case.
I'm incapable of catching humor while I'm debugging, or being properly
civil for that matter.

As for sending email to a fridge, plane, etc., *of course* you want to
do that! After all, it is any program's (embedded or not) manifest destiny
to be able to send or receive email; you have seen the "Hello, world"
program that doubles as a mailer, yes? The next step on the road to
program ascendance is of course to include everything and the kitchen sink,
something which Emacs apparently does (I use vim exclusively) and mozilla
can do if you compile it with --with-kitchen-sink. (This might be a myth :)


t., using mutt, vim, galeon, windowmaker on FreeBSD

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