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- From: mwm@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us (Mike Meyer)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.rexx
- Subject: Re: Blanks, REXX, and portability...
- Message-ID: <mwm.1q4t@contessa.palo-alto.ca.us>
- Date: 1 Sep 92 05:25:50 GMT
- References: <REXXLIST%92082801405886@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>
- Organization: Missionaria Phonibalonica
- Lines: 31
- X-NewsSoftware: Amiga Yarn 3.4, 1992/08/12 15:49:52
-
- In <REXXLIST%92082801405886@UGA.CC.UGA.EDU>, Dave Gomberg <GOMBERG@UCSFVM.BITNET> wrote:
- > If it is required that 20 characters be syonymized because the designers
- > of a character set did not understand the distinction between a character
- > set and a printer control languague, I for one don't want to buy a device
- > that fools around with that character set.
-
- Yeah, the designer of any character set that includes things like HT
- (EBCDIC 05) or FF (0C) should be taken out and shot. And you'd
- certainly never want to buy a device that used any such characteer
- set.
-
- You've consistently taken an antagonistic attitude about this problem,
- apparently trying to smear things that aren't done the "true blue"
- way, and usually incorrectly. The problem isn't that some OS does
- things "wrong", or that some character set is "wrong." The problem is
- that _people_ have become used to using more than one character to
- mean space.
-
- Those same people, when faced with an EBCDIC system, will try and use
- the "TAB" key exactly like they have before. They'll get upset and
- complain about the system if it doesn't do what they expect. They will
- complain that the system is doing things wrong. From their point of
- view, they'll be right.
-
- Trying to place blame isn't going to solve any problems; it's just
- going to antagonize people. What is needed is a solution that everyone
- can accept. If it can be arrived at here, that's great - someone can
- take it to the ANSI meeting. If it can't be arrived at there, then the
- Rexx community as a whole will lose.
-
- <mike
-