Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!ugle.unit.no!nuug!ifi!enag From: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Newsgroups: comp.std.internat Subject: Re: IA5 International Reference Version Message-ID: Date: 3 Apr 91 13:09:18 GMT Article-I.D.: holmenko.ENAG.91Apr3150823 References: <1991Mar31.092157.20297@lth.se> <1991Apr2.085354.9993@lth.se> Sender: enag@ifi.uio.no (Erik Naggum) Distribution: comp Organization: Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway Lines: 18 In-Reply-To: Dan@dna.lth.se's message of 2 Apr 91 08:53:54 GMT In article <1991Apr2.085354.9993@lth.se>, Dan Oscarsson writes: In article , Erik Naggum writes: >CCITT IA5 is identical to ISO 646 IRV. > >CCITT IA5, ISO 646 and ECMA 6 (or was it 4) were jointly developed. OK so it is ISO 646 they are talking about. I would never call that an international alphabet. Unfortunately, you weren't around when they named IA1, so your chance to influence the name of IA6 is slim, but you could try. :-) BTW, it's ECMA 6. ECMA 4 is about flow-charts (yuk!). -- [Erik Naggum] Naggum Software, Oslo, Norway