I agree -- this is pointless. The UTC has discussed this before, and I don't think there is any chance that the UTC would add either: (a) made-up hexadecimal digits that differ in shape from A-F, or (b) glyphic clones of A-F that were hexadecimal digits.
Mark __________________________________ http://www.macchiato.com â ààààààààààààààààààààà â ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kent Karlsson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Jill Ramonsky'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Mon, 2003 Nov 10 06:14 Subject: RE: Hexadecimal digits? > > Jill Ramonsky wrote: > > example a file called "File99" will sort just before "File100". > > "File99A" will slot between them, but "File992" will go after > > them. It's all pretty much exactly what you'd expect. > > Really!? Would you not expect 99A to come (much) after 99?! > After all, 99A (in hexadecimal) is greater than 99 (hexadecimal). > > I'm sorry, I could not let this one go ;-). > > (Most people use decimal, you included I would guess, so I'm > NOT suggesting any change to the ordering you referred to.) > > Can we end this thread on hexadecimal now? I'm sure it > doesn't lead anywhere. > > /kent k >
