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on 04/09/2007
at 07:19 AM, Ray Mullins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I have to agree with Steve on the "test drive" link provided by
>Timothy. It is Linux-geared. At the moment, my software idea #2
>isn't geared towards z/Linux - it makes no sense, actually, as right
>now it's bound to EBCDIC operating systems (which is why BS2000/OSD
>is a possible platform). Since Linux is (generic term, folks) ASCII
>based, translation issues rear their ugly head,
Alas, translation issues rear their ugly head on any version of Linux,
because it is locale-based, not ASCII-based. There is movement towards
Unicode, but a lot of work remains to be done before it gets there.
--
Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT
ISO position; see <http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html>
We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress.
(S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003)
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