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Re: Gag me with a blunt …
- From: John Cowan <cowan@mercury.ccil.org>
- To: "HUGHES,MARK (Non-HP-FtCollins,ex1)" <mark_hughes@non.hp.com>
- Date: Fri, 16 Mar 2001 18:04:41 -0500 (EST)
HUGHES,MARK (Non-HP-FtCollins,ex1) scripsit:
> If IBM's EBCDIC-to-Unicode translation is broken[0],
It isn't.
> [0] Yes, there's a Unicode character there that matches theirs, but one
> presumes it was added at their instigation, rather than map to CR and
> LF...
One presumes incorrectly.
The character comes from an ISO standard, and ultimately from the DEC
MCS implemented on VT terminals.
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John Cowan cowan@ccil.org
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