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Re: SIGH! Re: text --> IA5 ?

1991-04-11 12:19:02
Question: Do we or do we not want to
cite a 1968 obsolete SI X3.4 standard in a 1991 RFC?

I thought about that.  If the symbol map for the left
half of the table (the first 128 codes) match between the 68 revision
and the current revision, then the current revision is probably
the right one to cite.  I'm still trying to scare up a copy of the
current revision.

Btw, yesterday while pondering this whole business, I went looking for
all the different ascii charts I could find.  To my horror, I discovered
that
Microsoft had inserted some glyph of their own choosing in the DEL position
(7/f), explaining that DEL and BS are the same under DOS.  Now that I
think about it, Microsoft invented glyphs for all of the (traditionally)
non-printable codes for DOS.  All this proves, of course, is setting a
standard
is one thing.  _Adhering_ to it is quite another.  I think there's a lesson
here...


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