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Xref: sserve comp.unix.bsd:9095 comp.os.linux:19664 Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd,comp.os.linux Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!hp9000.csc.cuhk.hk!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!cs.utexas.edu!uwm.edu!linac!uchinews!kimbark!goer From: goer@kimbark.uchicago.edu (Richard L. Goerwitz) Subject: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST) Message-ID: <1992Dec18.043033.14254@midway.uchicago.edu> Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System) Reply-To: goer@midway.uchicago.edu Organization: University of Chicago Computing Organizations References: <1gksolINNmkg@frigate.doc.ic.ac.uk> <mathias.724467456@sune.stacken.kth.se> <id.M2XV.VTA@ferranti.com> Date: Fri, 18 Dec 1992 04:30:33 GMT Lines: 23 >> Has anyone in this newsgroup ever heard of the Unicode/ISO10646 >> (UCS) standard? > >You know, if 386BSD could be made to support NET-UTF (the Plan 9 version >of the 10646 standard) that would be a major advantage over commercial >Unices... One of the big criticism leveled at US Engineers is that they are either too dumb or lazy to build into their software support for non-Western scripts. Given that Linux originates in Europe, can we look forward to better support for Unicode and ISO10646? At least for "long" charac- ter definitions? Incidentally, although it's true that US Engineers often have really terrible language skills, this is due more to geographical isolation than to organic stupidity. There's just no need for multilingualism here in the states, the way there is in Europe, esp. in the low coun- tries and Scandinavia. -- -Richard L. Goerwitz goer%midway@uchicago.bitnet goer@midway.uchicago.edu rutgers!oddjob!ellis!goer