Date: Mon, 27 May 1996 13:19:11 -0700 (MST) From: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> To: ache@astral.msk.su (=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=) Cc: terry@lambert.org, nnd@itfs.nsk.su, hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: X11R6.1 available... Should we use? Message-ID: <199605272019.NAA08845@phaeton.artisoft.com> In-Reply-To: <199605252333.DAA00391@astral.msk.su> from "=?KOI8-R?Q?=E1=CE=C4=D2=C5=CA_=FE=C5=D2=CE=CF=D7?=" at May 26, 96 03:33:44 am
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> > I'm still really curious what KOI-8 buys you that the ISO 8859 > > character set does not. > > Real common practice can't be changed and requires KOI8-R now. > It not requires 8859-5 at all, so why bother to support it? > Only because it looks "better" from someone point of view? I could make the same argument regarding i18n support, or XPG/3 or XPG/4 support, or ISO 2022 support, or ISO 10646 support... etc.: "We Americans believe everyone should use US ASCII, and if you have to learn English to do it...". It's the same argument. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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