In a message dated 11/7/2007 10:26:55 A.M. Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
ASCII is worse this way - but there always will be problems with sorting, because sorting words and names has never had a complete definition that we all agree upon. >> What I remember, is back then there were several ASCII's 7bit, 8bit and maybe a 9-bit depending on the vendor. One of the guys was sitting in his dark office going hmmm....holding up hollerith cards. Hmmm what? Double bit parity. So. Fewer data checks....can we work on the matrix algorithms now??? ************************************** See what's new at http://www.aol.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
