- From: John C Klensin <KLENSIN@INFOODS.UNU.EDU>
- Date: Wed, 25 Aug 1993 13:09:04 -0400 (EDT)
- To: mohta@NECOM830.CC.TITECH.AC.JP
- Cc: jerman-blazic@IJS.SI, wg-char@RARE.NL, ietf-charsets@INNOSOFT.COM
>UTF-2 is ASCII compatible, 8 bit oriented encoding scheme of 32 bit UCS4. Something is either "ASCII compatible", or it is "8 bit oriented", but it can't be both. UTF-2 is the latter, and requires encoding to be used over a 7bit ASCII transmission channel. --Boundary (ID uEbHHWxWEwCKT9wM3evJ5w)
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