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From: colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman)
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Subject: Re: Soviet Computer Science?
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Date: Wed, 9-Jul-86 12:29:13 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jul  9 12:29:13 1986
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> Being a curious soul I've often wonder what computer language (systems)
> is used by a typical Soviet computer scientist.   
> I've always imagened that Vlad to be using somekind of FORTRAN IV with
> all the N's upside-down and backwards. 
> Do they have and an equivalent UNIX and C over there?   CCCP UUCP? 

RUSKII ASCII?

Actually, I believe the character code is a "National Standard" (GOST),
which means you can be sent to Siberia for using anything else.  I don't
know the code (it's not in the 6CE), but it's probably something like
Russian EBCDIC.

I wonder how they specify "izhitsa" in ditroff....
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Col. G. L. Sicherman
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