> -----Original Message----- > From: Mark Davis [mailto:mark.davis@us.ibm.com] ... > Brief comments with *** > > This example touches on what the term "character" means. But using > the term "character" in the 10646/Unicode sense, the fi > ligature stores > two letters in a single character (which in some encodings > fit in a single > 'unit of physical storage'). Not two characters in a single character > (which > in some encodings fit in a single 'unit of physical storage')... > > *** To be more accurate, for the case of the fi ligature, a > sequence of two > abstract characters in a particular presentation form are > represented by a > single encoded character Agreed. /kent kReceived on Thursday, 22 February 2001 05:33:02 UTC
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