VS: "Universal Character Set"

From: Erkki I. Kolehmainen (eik@iki.fi)
Date: Sun Feb 18 2007 - 02:32:37 CST

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    I routinely use the expression UCS/Unicode, also in Finnish text as
    [maailmanlaajuinen] yleismerkisto (UCS/Unicode).

    Erkki I. Kolehmainen
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    Puolesta Michael Everson
    Lahetetty: 18. helmikuuta 2007 1:39
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    Aihe: Re: "Universal Character Set"

    At 12:58 -0500 2007-02-17, Don Osborn wrote:
    >Does anyone currently use the term "Universal Character Set" (UCS)
    >to refer to Unicode/ISO-10646? I guess it is technically correct,
    >but I rarely see it. It seems that folks generally use "Unicode" as
    >the catch-all term, or maybe I'm missing a wider use of UCS?

    I use it all the time, on principle. The Universal Character Set is a
    term which subsumes both the Unicode Standard and ISO/IEC 10646. 

    -- 
Michael Everson * http://www.evertype.com

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