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Re: [Summary] UTF-8 Question: e with acute accent should requ

• From: richard@i... (Richard Tobin)
• To: xml-dev@l...
• Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:21:15 +0100 (BST)

In article <001401c8027b$1c17e4a0$4000a8c0@Codalogic> you write:

>Just because Unicode "LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A" and ASCII "Capital Letter A" 
>represent the same character, does not mean that Unicode "LATIN CAPITAL 
>LETTER A" _IS_ ASCII "Capital Letter A".

I would say that Unicode LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A *is* a character, not
that it represents one.  ASCII Capital Letter A is the same character.
So Unicode LATIN CAPITAL LETTER A is ASCII Capital Letter A.

George W Bush is the president of the USA.  I don't have to say
"George W Bush" and "the president of the USA" represent the same
person.

-- Richard
-- 
"Consideration shall be given to the need for as many as 32 characters
in some alphabets" - X3.4, 1963.

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  • Re: [Summary] UTF-8 Question: e with acute accent should require two bytes, right?
    • From: "Pete Cordell" <petexmldev@t...>