For the record, I'm against 8-bit character oriented transport too, on the
grounds that:
. it is going to be a lot of work to get things interoperable with extant
7-bit software
. it is West-Euro-centric...
Unlike some, I see nothing magic in 8-bit datums as opposed to 7-bit, 36-bit,
9-bit, 14-bit, 15-bit, etc. I don't think the limited benefits of 8-bit
transport are worth the cost.
The magic of 8-bit datums has nothing to do with text, be it US or West-Euro-
centric. The magic of 8-bit datums is that 99% (rapidly approaching 99.9'BAR'
of the processors in the world use 8-bit bytes.
enjoy,
leo j mclaughiln iii
ljm(_at_)ftp(_dot_)com