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Re: XML and mainframes, yet again

• To: Tim Bray <tbray@t...>
• Subject: Re: XML and mainframes, yet again
• From: John Cowan <cowan@m...>
• Date: Sun, 16 Dec 2001 21:46:48 -0500 (EST)
• Cc: xml-dev@l...
• In-reply-to: <5.1.0.14.2.20011216104512.027fdc60@p...> from Tim Brayat "Dec 16, 2001 10:49:12 am"

Tim Bray scripsit:
> I just had an idea.  How about defining a new Unicode encoding,
> named IBM-with-NEL or something like that, in which the byte
> value #x85 was considered to be an encoding of the character
> U+000A, LINE FEED.  Go ahead and register it with IANA.  

Actually, you would need one of these for every EBCDIC code page,
of which there are many.

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John Cowan           http://www.ccil.org/~cowan              cowan@c...
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   at the front desk.           |          check your assumptions at the door.
     --sign in Paris hotel      |            --Miles Vorkosigan

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