From: vunzndi@vfemail.net
Date: Fri Jan 18 2008 - 07:36:32 CST
Quoting Leo Broukhis <leob@mailcom.com>:
> On Jan 16, 2008 1:42 PM, Kenneth Whistler <kenw@sybase.com> wrote:
>
>> GOST 10859 and ALCOR were effectively dead encodings long before
>> Unicode even got started collecting repertoire,
>
> It might seem funny, but I've heard of operational BESM-6 machines
> (that used the GOST encoding)
> somewhere in Russia as recently as last year on some military
> installation - where it's easier to keep paying for
> maintenance, electricity and cooling rather have a headache upgrading
> the system.
>
> Does it look more convincing now?
>
In many respects the above says enough - this is a legacy encoding
issue, such things should be encoded. It would seem that GOST 10859
like most legacy systems is still being used by someone.
John Knightley
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