Paul Gilmartin writes: <begin extract> UTF-8 is very much becoming the mode; even on Windows. What is the semantic of case-insensitivity among files named, e.g. in Cyrillic UTF-8? It's pretty well defined, but is it implemented correctly? <end extract>
The semantics of case-sensitivity are open to discussion and disagreement. Those of case-INsensitivity are not. Any of the 2^n case variants of a string n graphemes in length is equivalent. Implementation is by converting/translating any such string into either all-minuscules (usual) or all-majuscules (less readable and uncool). The cyrillic alphabet is not more problematic than the roman one is in this context: minuscules and majuscules,even the pseudo-orthographics, are distinguished unambiguously and both are always available. John Gilmore, Ashland, MA 01721 - USA ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@listserv.ua.edu with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
