--On Wednesday, 02 February, 2005 14:52 -0800 Bob Braden
<braden(_at_)ISI(_dot_)EDU> wrote:
*> --On Wednesday, 02 February, 2005 14:19 -0500 Bruce Lilly
*> <blilly(_at_)erols(_dot_)com> wrote:
*>
*> >...
*> > Q: Why is the reference to "ASCII" given as the 1968
version *> > rather than ANSI INCITS 4-1986 (R2002)?
[N.B. no typos, *> > the dates really are 1968 and 1986]
*> >...
*>
*> Because some incompatible changes were made in the ASCII
*> definition in the early 70s that would have fouled up the
*> "network virtual terminal" character set. You will find
that *> X3.4-1968 is referenced in most Internet
applications protocols *> that require an ASCII reference,
include those for telnet, ftp, *> and the email base
protocols as well as the DNS ones. *>
*> john
Presumably, this is the character set defined in RFC 20 ...?
Yep. There too.
john
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