RE: Opinions on this Java URL?

From: Jony Rosenne (rosennej@qsm.co.il)
Date: Mon Nov 15 2004 - 08:57:00 CST

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    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: unicode-bounce@unicode.org
    > [mailto:unicode-bounce@unicode.org] On Behalf Of Philippe Verdy
    > Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 11:04 AM
    > To: Asmus Freytag
    > Cc: unicode@unicode.org
    > Subject: Re: Opinions on this Java URL?
    >
    >

    ...

    >
    > Like it or not, but nulls are part of almost all character
    > sets, from the
    > oldest ones to the most recent ones (with one notable
    > exception in GSM text
    > for SMS, where the null byte is a printable character, as GSM don't
    > need/want data fillers). The support of ignorable padding
    > characters will
    > remain needed for long (or ever) in plain-texts, even if a
    > plain-text *file*
    > does not need it (there are other uses of plain-text than
    > just complete
    > files). Those many expecting that a file containing any null
    > byte is not
    > text but binary are restricting to the use of "text/plain" in
    > MIME message
    > formats.

    Like it or not, C is not going to go away any time soon.

    ....

    Jony



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