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From: rob@pbhye.UUCP (Rob Bernardo)
Newsgroups: sci.lang,comp.std.internat
Subject: Re: Character representation
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Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 07:29:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Aug 19 07:29:00 1987
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In article <15381@mordor.s1.gov> pom@s1-under.UUCP () writes:
+(  insiders info ) FACT on ceddilas, umlats, haceks, and other such ...
+ [modifiers] namely : In all langauges I know, there are many kinds,
+ but ANY PARTICULAR LETTER either has one - or it does not. That means
+ that we need to reserve just 1 bit ( 0.. unmodified) and (1.. modified).
+  to take care of dozens of languages.

Not so.
	French allows ' and ^ over all vowels and ` additionally over "e".

	Hungarian allows two dots, ', and ''  over "u" and "o".

	Spanish allows ' and two dots over "u".


Just to name a few off the top of my head. :-)
-- 
I'm not a bug, I'm a feature.
Rob Bernardo, San Ramon, CA	(415) 823-2417	{pyramid|ihnp4|dual}!ptsfa!rob