Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.std.c++ Subject: ISO Latin 1? (was Re: design by committee) Message-ID: Date: 27 Nov 90 02:10:52 GMT References: <1016@zinn.MV.COM> <1990Nov23.211727.2802@zoo.toronto.edu> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 18 In-reply-to: henry@zoo.toronto.edu's message of 23 Nov 90 21:17:27 GMT X-Posting-Software: GNUS 3.12 [ NNTP-based News Reader for GNU Emacs ] >>>>> On 23 Nov 90 21:17:27 GMT, henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) said: Henry> The right answer to national character sets is ISO Latin 1 or Henry> equivalent, not ridiculous contortions in language syntax that *every* Henry> compiler *everywhere* then has to be able to parse. Trigraphs were a Henry> mistake. Simple question (I think): Does ISO Latin 1 address oriental languages like Kanji? (Come to think of it, does trigraphs?) -- ==================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. (415) 691-6311 640 Clyde Ct. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mtn. View, CA 94043 ==================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"