Re: One bit more, please, to become internationalist.

[Walter Daum <WGDCC@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 19 Dec 1995 09:06:33 +0100 J.Y. Bourdin said:
>
>There is a small problem with your list server. If you want some french
>speaking
> contributions, you must give one more bit to your list server for our special
> characters. We can send some filtered 7 bits USascii texts, but we also needs
>8
> bits/ISO texts for the people who can read them. Today, your server eats the
> 8th bit without filtering, and the result is ridiculous. It's also dangerous :
> while the 8th bit is wipped, some of our special characters are becoming
> control characters.
>
>Please see what's happened with my messages "Proletaires de tous les pays... (7
> bits)" and "Proletaires de tous les pays... (8 bits/ISO)". Your server has
> gobbled the 8th bit.
>
>Internationalism needs an 8th bit. Please buy one more bit.
>
I know next to nothing about the technical issues. Nevertheless,
in the spirit of internationalism, let me say that both of your messages
were readable. The 7-bit version, without special characters, caused a few
problems where accents were missing, but nothing serious. The 8-bit version
was readable only after I ran a macro on my word processor to transform the
codes into the proper characters. On balance I prefer the 7-bit version,
since it's faster.

Walter Daum


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