From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: cowan@mercury.ccil.org (John Cowan) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2016 07:29:21 -0400 Subject: [TUHS] Character sets (was: Command-line options) In-Reply-To: <56F7B14A.7040201@update.uu.se> References: <56F7B14A.7040201@update.uu.se> Message-ID: <20160327112920.GH12921@mercury.ccil.org> Johnny Billquist scripsit: > On 2016-03-27 08:18, Greg 'groggy' Lehey wrote: > >Isn't it wonderful that we no longer have issues with character > >representation? > > I hope that comment was meant as a joke, ironic, cynical, or whatever... Undoubtedly. But things *are* much better than they used to be: we can now do everything within a single character set, and convert only at the boundaries (and increasingly, only in one direction). -- John Cowan http://www.ccil.org/~cowan cowan at ccil.org Deshil Holles eamus. Deshil Holles eamus. Deshil Holles eamus. Send us, bright one, light one, Horhorn, quickening, and wombfruit. (3x) Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa! Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa! Hoopsa, boyaboy, hoopsa! --Joyce, Ulysses, "Oxen of the Sun"