On Mon, 02 Nov 2009 09:45:34 -0700, Joe Pfeiffer <pfeif...@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>>>>>Unicode has a lot of inertia at this point, and 7-bit ASCII has more. I >>>>>can reasonably expect both of them to last long after my death, and docs >>>>>and conversion programs until civilization collapses to the point >>>>>computers are gone. >>>> >>>> How about EBCDIC? >> >>>What about it? If I needed to read it, it would be one-line awk script >>>away. Sort of my point. >> >> Can you reasonably expect it to last long after your death? > >I'm not quite sure whether you mean EBCDIC or the awk script; if EBCDIC >yes, the awk script has never needed to be written, so unless I come >across some reason to read some EBCDIC, no. You were talking about Unicode and 7-bit ASCII lasting long after your death. I just extended this to ask your opinion about a more on-topic coding system in ibm-main. I wouldn't be surprised if IBM wouldn't be quite satisfied switching away from MVS/EBCDIC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@bama.ua.edu with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
