Re: Query on character sets

Please respond to the questions below, copying both the list and 
(simonleung@hyperoffice.com).

Thanks,
Misha

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> Dear sir,
> 
> I've got a question regarding the page
> 'http://www.unicode.org/iuc/iuc10/languages.html'.
> 
> Please advise if the following statement are right or not.
> 
> 1. Every page coded in ASCII can be viewed by the browers using different
> encoding scheme since ASCII is the subset of all the character set.
> 
> 2. So, does it mean that if page encoded using encoding scheme 'A' can be viewed
> properly by the browers using encoding scheme 'B'if 'A' is a subset of 'B' ?
> 
> 
> However, when i use UTF-8 to decode the page which use the charset 'BIG5', i can
> only observe the garbage.
> 
> Many thanks,
> Simon



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