curlyquotes, character sets, livecode, and english

[Jerry Jensen]

Nobody say EBCDIC or I will be sad.

On May 26, 2013, at 7:23 PM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:

> Ha!  I did start out with 6 bit characters on the CDC 3300, but my sense of identity is with ASCII which I used in my tiny contribution to the computer revolution of the 70s.  
> 
> I coped by leaping over other character considerations right to Unicode.
> 
> Dar
> (Grandpa ASCII)
> 
> 
> 
> On May 26, 2013, at 7:57 PM, Dr. Hawkins wrote:
> 
>> On Sun, May 26, 2013 at 3:17 PM, Dar Scott <dsc at swcp.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Embrace Unicode.
>>> 
>> 
>> 
>> ????
>> 
>> I'm still leary about 8 bit rather than 7 bit
>> 
>> Heck, I've barely given up on 6 bit.
>> 
>> And color displays, well . . .
>> 
>> :)
>> 
>> -- 
>> Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq.
>> (702) 508-8462
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