Octet vs byte (was Unicode FAQ Addendum)

- Message d'origine - De : "Doug Ewell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> À : "Unicode List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Envoyé : 22 juillet, 2000 21:24 Objet : Re: Unicode FAQ addendum > John G. Otto, alias "jgo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: > > >> Addison wrote: > >> 1. 1 byte != 1 character: deal with it.

Re: Unicode FAQ addendum

John G. Otto, alias "jgo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote: >> Addison wrote: >> 1. 1 byte != 1 character: deal with it. > > Hmm, depends on how you define "byte". > I've seen them in 8-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit and 18-bit varieties. True, and there have also been 6-bit and 9-bit bytes. However, in an age

Re: Unicode FAQ addendum

> Addison wrote: > 1. 1 byte != 1 character: deal with it. Hmm, depends on how you define "byte". I've seen them in 8-bit, 12-bit, 16-bit and 18-bit varieties. The trouble, though, is that 1 character (in this context) can be represented by from 16 bits to 6*16 bits. John G. Otto

Re: 127 strokes beyond the radical?!

At 4:18 PM -0800 7/21/00, Patrick Andries wrote: >I stand corrected for having wrongly excluded the + 6 form. But I wonder if >I'm, however, wrong to suggest the +5 form ? Isn't U+6B8B the last >ideograph in the radical + 5 and radical + 6 lists on page 876 of TUS 3.0 ? >It is true that for TUS 2

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RE: Cimarosti's FAQ Tao (OT)(parodies)(Office 2000)

Kenneth Whistler wrote: > Jon Babcock suggested: > [...] > > UTF ke3 shu3 fei1 chang2 UTF. > [...] > Well, my Zhou-dynasty grammar is pretty rusty ;-), but how about: > [...] > cheng2 zhi1 pian4 wei2 shu3 fei1 chang2 cheng2 > 6210 4E4B 7247 70BA 6578 975E 5E38 6210 That extra syllable bre