On Thu, Jan 24, 2019 at 1:39 AM Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > > On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 8:30 PM Bram Moolenaar <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think what we can do is to keep the "#ifdef EBCDIC" lines and just > > > remove the "#ifdef FEAT_MBYTE" conditions. Then, when 'encoding' is set > > > to "latin1" and Vim is build with EBCDIC defined, hopefully it will just > > > work. Well, there are three possibilities: > > > > > > 1. It just works, we can leave EBCDIC as-is > > > 2. It doesn't work and someone can fix it. > > > 3. It doesn't work and we give up on EBCDIC. > > > 4. Nobody notices EBCDIC is broken. > > > > > > OK, FOUR possibilities. > > > > > > Either way, I think we can greaduate FEAT_MBYTE now. Unless someone > > > shouts, I'll probably do that tomorrow. > > > > I don't use EBCDIC myself, but with all the recent patches by Zoltan > > Arpadffy I think #3 would be regrettable and I don't think #4 is > > possible, which leaves us with only two possibilities: > > 1. EBCDIC still works, we can leave it as-is > > 2. EBCDIC gets broken, Zoltan and Bram have to put their heads > > together and fix it. > > AFAIK VMS doesn't use EBCDIC, it's z/OS that uses it. That's an IBM > operating system based on the old OS/390. Also called an MVS operating > system, which can easily be confused with VMS.
Ah, my bad, sorry. > > Some systems just never die... Quote from Wikipedia: "retains much of > the functionality originating in the 1960s". It's the opposite of > deprecating stuff that's only 5 years old, which appears to be popular > among big companies these days. Yes, alas. Some hardware and software even include "programmed obsolescence", special code, microcode, or intentionally weak mechanical part, to block all operation after a given date a few months later than the end of the warranty, even if without that "built-in breakdown" it would still be perfectly usable. > > It does require someone to actually maintain the code. If there is no > such person, well, then it's probably not worth maintaining. Best regards, Tony. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
