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Username:	pchitescu
Date/Time:	Fri, June 16, 2000 at 10:30 AM GMT (Fri, June 16, 2000 at 1:30 PM EEST)
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Score:	5
Subject:	Non-ASCII characters
Message:
The main problem is compatibility : older programs (and there are a lot of them !) won't know how to parse and display these characters, most likely leading to the impossibility to access. Even newer programs will have trouble accessing sites whose name includes undisplayable characters. Remember that most (all ?) Western or European software and operating systems cannot handle Far East characters. In such a situation it will be impossible to have, for example, English and Chinese web pages on a site using Chinese characters in the URL. It will be impossible to send an e-mail to a person or company that uses non-ASCII characters in the address, even if the message body is written in English. -- Paul Chitescu pchitescu@pchitescu.myip.org  |  pchitescu@MetroNet.RO.EU.org http://pchitescu.myip.org/    |  http://PaulC.MetroNet.RO.EU.org/ ICQ:22641673

Message Thread:

• The global domain name system is obsolete. — logic, June 15 @ 8:59 PM (1/2)
• characters — J.H.Ballard, June 15 @ 9:24 PM (1/1)
• Non-ASCII characters — pchitescu, June 16 @ 10:30 AM (0/0)

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