Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-tis!ames!umd5!brl-adm!adm!rbj@icst-cmr.arpa From: rbj@icst-cmr.arpa (Root Boy Jim) Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards Subject: FileNames with the high bit set. Message-ID: <12979@brl-adm.ARPA> Date: 14 Apr 88 23:49:30 GMT Sender: news@brl-adm.ARPA Lines: 27 From: Barry Shein > I think vendors have finally realized that 7-bit ASCII is parochial. Yes, I agree it's bogus and interferes severely with some internationalization schemes. I believe vendors are starting to remove it from their 4BSD based systems. Well, I'm probably gonna really get flamed for this, but here goes... Um, don't you guys realize that if you implement international character sets people are gonna start USING them? That's right, the real threat to American security is not the commies, not Japanese technology, not cheap Korean or Yugoslavian automobiles, it's programs in another language. You wanna try hacking hack in Dutch? I say NO! English is already the second language in the world. After all, they're used to learning foreign languages and using them, we're not. We gave away the hydrogen bomb, let's not give away the whole store. -Barry Shein, Boston University (Root Boy) Jim Cottrell National Bureau of Standards Flamer's Hotline: (301) 975-5688 The opinions expressed are solely my own and do not reflect NBS policy or agreement Uh-oh!! I forgot to submit to COMPULSORY URINALYSIS!