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- From: kd9fb@flood.xnet.com (Peter Mikalajunas)
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- Subject: Re: Whats wrong with this ?
- Date: 3 Jan 1996 01:03:33 GMT
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- BILL SHYMANSKI (bill.shymanski@mwcs.mb.ca) wrote:
-
- : -> I believe you meant
- : -> #define CR 13 /* on ASCII systems */
- : -> #define LF 10 /* ditto */
-
-
- : As a newcomer to C and the great wide world of programming: are there
- : many non-ASCII systems out there ? I guess that there are some
- : operating systems that use double-byte characters; but are (were) there
- : EBCDIC or other character-code C implementations ?
-
- : Imagining an EBCDIC UNIX...
-
- : Bill
-
- Bill,
-
- You're taking a short view. EBCDIC is used on IBM
- mainframes and midrange systems. For the AS400 alone, IBM
- states that they have sold 250,000 units. So, I would think
- there are a great many C programmers lurking who never touch
- ASCII.
-
- Peter Mikalajunas
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