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From: hokey%plus5@plus5.UUCP
Newsgroups: mod.std.mumps
Subject: Alphabets and character sets
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Date: Fri, 20-Sep-85 20:18:37 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 20 20:18:37 1985
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Volume-Issue: 2.2

Mumps is being implemented in environments with different character sets.

It is very useful to be able to identify this environment.

I propose the creation of a new special variable which will contain an
identification of the character set provided by the current environment.

This special variable could be called $CHARACTERSET.  "Old" mumps programs
would expect $C to be "ANSIX3.4-1968", while more recent software would
expect $C to be "ANSIX3.4-1977".  In Europe, the value might be "ISO646".

The value of $C could be dependent on $I.

I suspect instant values for $C could be specified for other character sets.


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