Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site mgweed.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!we13!mgweed!rjk From: rjk@mgweed.UUCP (Randy King) Newsgroups: net.flame Subject: Re: Ok, you asked for it : it's not fair! DUMB ASCII Message-ID: <7142@mgweed.UUCP> Date: Fri, 17-Feb-84 21:02:28 EST Article-I.D.: mgweed.7142 Posted: Fri Feb 17 21:02:28 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 18-Feb-84 07:02:42 EST References: <665@ihuxq.UUCP> <312@ihuxo.UUCP> <670@ihuxx.UUCP> <914@ihuxr.UUCP> <671@ihuxx.UUCP> Organization: AT&T Consumer Products - Montgomery Illinois Lines: 16 >> Now finally we are getting to the bottom of things: >> >> ASCII ISN'T GOOD FOR ANYTHING BUT ENGLISH. How about that! AMERICAN Standard Code for Information Interchange. I don't see anything in there about any other country, and the language of choice here is English. Let the rest of them come up with their *own* standards. "That's the nice thing about standards - there's so many to choose from..." (Tanenbaum) It's not Asshole's Suckjaw Code for Idiotic Isolence either, so ENUFF! Randy King AT&T/CP-MG ihnp4!mgweed!rjk