+1 :) -----Original Message----- From: Unicode [mailto:unicode-boun...@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Ken Whistler Sent: Wednesday, January 6, 2016 7:44 AM To: Andre Schappo <a.scha...@lboro.ac.uk> Cc: unicode@unicode.org Subject: Re: Unicode in the Curriculum?
Actually, ASCII should *not* be ignored or deprecated. We *love* ASCII. The issue is just making sure that students understand that the *true name* of "ASCII" is "UTF-8". It is just the very first 128 values that open into the entire world of Unicode characters. It is a mind trick to play on young programmers: when you learn "ASCII", you are just playing on the bunny slope at the UTF-8 ski resort. Slap on your snowboard and practice -- get out there onto the 2-, 3- and 4-byte slopes with the experts! --Ken On 1/6/2016 4:09 AM, Andre Schappo wrote: > On 4 Jan 2016, at 16:59, Asmus Freytag (t) wrote: > >> ASCII shouldn't be taught, perhaps? > I really like the idea of questioning whether or not ASCII should even be > taught. > > Wherever in a programming curriculum, text > processing/transmission/storage/presentation/encoding is taught, then it > should be Unicode text. > > ASCII, along with, ISO-8859 ISO-2022 GB2312 .etc. should be consigned > to > > .and finally, the legacy character sets/encodings... > > Maybe ASCII should now be flagged as deprecated > https://twitter.com/andreschappo/status/684706421712228352 > > André Schappo > > > >
