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From: auspex!guy@uunet.uu.net (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: POSIX Internationalization Standard
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Date: 23 Jul 90 18:08:05 GMT
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>I'm currently using a DECstation 3100 using Ultrix. There is a POSIX
>standard for internationalization of software

Actually, it's an ANSI C standard, with POSIX mainly saying what the
environment variables are that specify the language, if you're thinking of
"setlocale()", "localeconv()", etc..

>Does anyone know if Sun will include internationlization libraries in any
>upcoming release?

4.1 includes them, if you're thinking of "setlocale()" *et al*.