"Andreas" == Andreas J Koenig <andreas(_dot_)koenig(_at_)anima(_dot_)de>
writes:
Andreas> I get the impression, no code can ever do the right thing
Andreas> on characters without knowing the encoding of the bits it
Andreas> receives.
Which leaves you tagging the data; which (I think) leads you to Ilya's
point. However, down this path lies Emacs :)
--
Stephen
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"If 8-year-old boys discharging loaded firearms into their own legs
isn't necessary to the maintenance of a well-regulated militia, I
don't know what is." - Randal Cummings as reported in The Onion, 25/5/99
