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- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Path: netcom.com!smryan
- From: smryan@netcom.com (@#$%!?!)
- Subject: Re: Handling EBCDIC format on a PC
- Message-ID: <smryanDq5oHA.Jqq@netcom.com>
- Organization: The Programmer formerly known as S M Ryan
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- References: <4l8u1u$8b4@newsbf02.news.aol.com> <1996Apr20.043805.11874@zcon.com>
- Date: Sat, 20 Apr 1996 10:15:09 GMT
- Sender: smryan@netcom23.netcom.com
-
- : But what does this question really have to do with the C language?
-
- A great deal.
-
- It reemphasizes the fact that a char is not an ascii char nor even
- necessarily an 8-bit char. With 7-bit character codes almost dead
- and 8-bit characters strained to the limit, you should expect a new
- era of confusion and translation tables as we stutter into 16-bit
- characters.
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