RE: OT: RE: filesystem encoding

2004-09-10 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> Gary R. Van Sickle wrote: > > >Welcome to the 21st century, where computers can't even > unambiguously > >represent written text. > > > > > Isn't this something unicode was meant to solve? Yes, and if implemented properly, it mostly does. > or does > unicode still need a codepage to map t

OT: RE: filesystem encoding

2004-09-09 Thread Gary R. Van Sickle
> Hmm...interesting. Not entirely sure what the implications > of what you are saying are (as I don't really understand codepages). > > Does a codepage represent a character with 16 bits? or 8? > Could you recommend a book or a URL on the subject? Maybe I > should look at this when I have mo