Re: 8-bit ASCII (was: Perception that Unicode is 16-bit)

From: Janusz S. Bień (jsbien@mimuw.edu.pl)
Date: Wed Feb 21 2001 - 01:03:19 EST


On Tue, 20 Feb 2001 J%ORG KNAPPEN <KNAPPEN@ALPHA.NTP.SPRINGER.DE> wrote:

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> A little out of date, but describing correctly the state of art in 1991
> before the merger. Even 8-bit ASCII is a correct term meaning ISO-8859-1.

What were/are the reasons to refer to ISO 8859-1 as 8-bit ASCII?

Best regards

Janusz S. Bień

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