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And, he didn't even touch on the horror that is EBCDIC. Once you've had to touch that, the idea of "code point" for a character is something you can't ignore,
by Roboprog 13y ago
And, he didn't even touch on the horror that is EBCDIC. Once you've had to touch that, the idea of "code point" for a character is something you can't ignore, hoping that things just work "most of the time" -- ASCII A != EBCDIC A.
- sluu99 13y agoAre there still (many) of people using EBCDIC?
- Roboprog 13y agoYes. High volume printing is often done using IBM's AFP/MODCA print language, which typically has the text in IBM's EBCDIC encoding. (disclosure: I once worked at a company that made tools to port code and data from IBM minicomputers to Unix & MS platforms, and also at the largest [format,] print & mail shop in the US)
- Roboprog 13y agoOr the 6 bit funky set that the old CDC Cyber mainframes used to use! ("What is this lower case 'a' you speak of???")
- reeses 13y agoEBCDIC A != EBCDIC A :-) It's easier to read text on punchcards in EBCDIC of whatever variation, though.