Just for a laugh... one of the more esoteric codings I used in the quasi modern error (besides EBCDIC) was the 5 bit Quotron stock ticker system in the mid 90s. It used different codes for requesting/receiving quotes because 2^5 is only 32 possible characters. Alpha in/numeric out. Ralph DiMola IT Director Evergreen Information Services rdim...@evergreeninfo.net
-----Original Message----- From: use-livecode [mailto:use-livecode-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of doc hawk via use-livecode Sent: Friday, March 20, 2020 2:13 PM To: How to use LiveCode Cc: doc hawk Subject: Re: Guessing the encoding of a test file... On Mar 20, 2020, at 11:09 AM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Okay, now you going for the low blow :-)\ What part of “lawyer” wasn’t clear? B b :_) > Next, you'll be suggesting I need to check for EBCDIC encodings! That will be a start, but it’s not done until you include Baudot. Morse, however, is optional . . . _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode