Re: UTF-2 and standardization
Keld J|rn Simonsen (keld@dkuug.dk)
Sun, 08 Aug 1993 21:49:26 +0200
Date: Sun, 08 Aug 1993 21:49:26 +0200
From: keld@dkuug.dk (Keld J|rn Simonsen)
Subject: RE: UTF-2 and standardization
In-reply-to: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald.t.alvestrand@delab.sintef.no>
To: Harald Tveit Alvestrand <harald.t.alvestrand@delab.sintef.no>,
Message-id: <199308081949.AA15742@dkuug.dk>
Harald Tveit Alvestrand writes:
> Hi,
> I am told that someone managed to get UTF-2 defined in the
> soon-to-be-published ISO 9945-2 standard (POSIX part 2: Shells and tools,
> which is also published as IEEE 1003.2)
>
> Can anyone confirm/deny this?
> I'm sure we know the advantages of sticking with a defined standard if
> there is one....
Well, there is something to it...
ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 is approved as an International Standard,
hopefully to be published within a couple of months.
UTF-2 is *not* included in the ISO/IEC 9945-2:1993 standard.
There is an addendum to IS 9945-2 to be published one or two
years from now. This is currently known as .2b and UTF-2 *is*
currently in the draft of this addendum (along with BASE64 and
some other MIME stuff!)
Keld
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