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- From: peter@ferranti.com (peter da silva)
- Newsgroups: comp.std.internat,news.admin.misc
- Subject: Re: 8-bit news
- Message-ID: <id.5AUV.87A@ferranti.com>
- Date: 14 Dec 92 23:00:53 GMT
- References: <th0efeo@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com> <1gdin0INN2rm@agate.berkeley.edu> <Bz6F6z.DvK@zoo.toronto.edu>
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- In article <Bz6F6z.DvK@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- > While 8-bit-clean transmission paths are nice, there is no need to wait
- > for them or rely on them.
-
- The same is true of MIME. I'm still supporting systems that will never be
- able to run any MIME mail readers unless they're written by Henry Spencer
- or someone else with a clue about how to write portable code.
-
- While MIME is nice, there is no need to wait for or depend on it.
-
- > We can start using 8-bit character sets (note plural) now,
-
- We can start using NET-UTF now,
-
- > and have our
- > readers show us what was really meant -- or the closest approximation
- > our terminals can display --
-
- and have our terminals display a close approximation to the desired text
-
- > without waiting for 8-bit links, or 8-bit
- > terminals, or universal agreement on a single 8-bit character set.
-
- without waiting for new mail readers.
-
- Ragging on NASA again, Henry?
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