Date: Mon, 16 Oct 1995 09:14:20 -0400 From: Thomas David Rivers <ponds!rivers@dg-rtp.dg.com> To: ache@astral.msk.su, bde@zeta.org.au, zeta.org.au!bde@dg-rtp.dg.com, hackers@freefall.freebsd.org, kaleb@x.org Subject: Re: A couple problems in FreeBSD 2.1.0-950922-SNAP Message-ID: <199510161314.JAA02829@lakes>
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> > >Bruce, I agree with you and POSIX agree with us. > >Default table must be strict ASCII per POSIX. > >So, we can close this table propogating subject. > > Does POSIX mention ASCII? ANSI allows other encodings > of course, and is only strict for letters and digits, > but only letters are very important. > > Bruce > POSIX explicitly does *not* mention ASCII. The OE/MVS POSIX system on the 370 mainframe (which is POSIX conforming according to IBM) is implemented in EBCDIC. - Dave Rivers -
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