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From: peter@sugar.UUCP (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c,comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: What is a byte
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Date: Thu, 13-Aug-87 09:54:41 EDT
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Posted: Thu Aug 13 09:54:41 1987
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Summary: Japan: programming the least of their problems.
Xref: mnetor comp.lang.c:3670 comp.std.internat:104

In Japan programming languages are the least of the problems their written
language causes them. An incredible amount of data is never stored anywhere
but on the original form, photocopies of said form, or faxed copies of said
form. Even with the best tools available it's just too hard to keypunch.

This, of course, makes it even more amazing that they have been so succesful
in the world community. It seems likely to me, though, that at some point
they're going to have to break down and drop Kanji for professional use.
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-- Peter da Silva `-_-' ...!seismo!soma!uhnix1!sugar!peter (I said, NO PHOTOS!)