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- From: mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp (Masataka Ohta)
- Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd
- Subject: Re: INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST
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- Date: 4 Jan 93 19:04:41 GMT
- References: <1992Dec18.235809.15484@midway.uchicago.edu> <agp22+#@rpi.edu> <1gvpt0INN8s0@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> <BzIwvu.3BE@demon.co.uk> <CARLTON.92Dec21163548@scws8.harvard.edu> <2565@titccy.cc.titech.ac.jp> <1992Dec28.064029.24421@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
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- In article <1992Dec28.064029.24421@fcom.cc.utah.edu>
- terry@cs.weber.edu (A Wizard of Earth C) writes:
-
- >|> True. But, it should be noted that they don't fit even in 16 bits.
- >
- >Work is already under way to adapt Unicode to 32 bits. I would be interested
- >in any similar work you know of in progress for XPG4/JIS.
-
- Anyway, a program written for 16 bit Unicode can not be usable with 32 bit
- Unicode.
-
- >I am *not*
- >interested in proposing or attempting to provide yet another standard, if
- >that is what you believe is necessary.
-
- Then, why you are interested in using yet non-existent standard?
-
- BTW, can you explain what XPG4 is?
-
- >Again, I want to stress that we are about the identification and adoption
- >of an existing standard rather than the specification and ratification of
- >a new one.
-
- Then, the only standard available now for internationalization is ISO 2022.
-
- It can, at least, differentiate Chinese and Japanese character.
-
- Do you want to use it?
-
- >We may invoke "tricks" to reduce storage requirements or to
- >retrofit existing input mechanisms, but we are not attempting a new standard.
-
- Again, existing input mechanism for Japanese is so large that even very
- complex tranlation does not affect its performance.
-
- Masataka Ohta
-