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From: guy%gorodish@Sun.COM (Guy Harris)
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Subject: Re: Computers and human languages (was Re: What is a byte)
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Date: Wed, 19-Aug-87 15:20:13 EDT
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> > I find it somewhat ironic that the recently version of "ngrep" moves toward
> > internationalization by trying to accomodate Japanese.  I am quite confident
> > that we will see a Japanese version of Unix before a French or a German one.
> > 
> I'm afraid I must beg to differ - AT&T currently have an internationalized
> UNIX in beta-test (or, at least, the applications environment is in beta-
> test - I assume it would make a completely nationalized system possible) with
> French and German as the two possibilities currently available in Europe.

However, I believe they released the Japanese Applications Environment before
any European environments, so his contention still stands.
	Guy Harris
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