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Received: by minnie.vk1xwt.ampr.org with NNTP id AA5247 ; Tue, 22 Dec 92 19:00:15 EST Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!sgiblab!sdd.hp.com!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!agate!doc.ic.ac.uk!warwick!pipex!demon!gtoal From: gtoal@pizzabox.demon.co.uk (Graham Toal) Subject: Re: Dumb Americans (was INTERNATIONALIZATION: JAPAN, FAR EAST) Message-ID: <BzIwvu.3BE@demon.co.uk> Keywords: Han Kanji Katakana Hirugana ISO10646 Unicode Codepages Sender: news@demon.co.uk Nntp-Posting-Host: pizzabox.demon.co.uk Organization: Cuddlehogs Anonymous References: <1992Dec18.235809.15484@midway.uchicago.edu> <agp22+#@rpi.edu> <1gvpt0INN8s0@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> Date: Sat, 19 Dec 1992 20:28:41 GMT Lines: 15 In article <1gvpt0INN8s0@hrd769.brooks.af.mil> news@hrd769.brooks.af.mil (InterNet News) writes: > Ignorance of local customs can make anyone look pretty dumb. Continuing with >stereotypes should be criminal (like it already is in the U.S. Military). Is that the stereotypes about gays in the military you're referring to? (Oops, sorry, wrong newsgroup) G PS What's the general feeling on i18n here? I make my stuff (like my bsd spell clone) 8 bit clean, but haven't given any thought to > 8 bit alphabets. Is it chauvinistic to take the attitude that the extra work (if any) for 8 bit isn't much, for a significantly larger market but > 8 bit involves a lot of work for an insignificantly larger market? [by 'market' I mean the net; I don't _sell_ software...]