[clean-list] Re: Prospects for Unicode Support?
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Wlngg@aol.com
Fri, 12 Apr 2002 17:31:58 EDT
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Hi All!
Marco Kesseler wrote:
<just to promote a bit of my own code: the 'Function Fragments' code=20
on the Clean download pages contains a tiny bit of Unicode stuff.=20
Obviously it does not contain true Unicode literals, but it does=20
contain a conversion from/to ASCII (which is quite straightforward).=20
There are also some encoding functions.
It is not much, and has not been tested thoroughly, but it's a start.
See
- Library/Base/Chars/UniChar
- Library/Encoding>
Thanks; I will have a look.
<<>basis, users could develop specific IO or other libraries as needed,=20
leading=20
>to their incremental integration and the transition of Clean towards a trul=
y=20
>global development environment, in say ten or twenty years time ...
I seriously don't think that it will take that long :-)>
In the ten years since its launch, Clean has undoubtedly made great progress=
.=20
But If we have to extrapolate from what we have witnessed so far, I think=20
another ten years is not unreasonable in view of the complexities of the=20
tasks ahead. Of course, we can be more optimistic.
Best regards.
Wel=E9 Negga=20
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<BR>Hi All!
<BR>
<BR><B>Marco Kesseler wrote:
<BR>
<BR><just to promote a bit of my own code: the 'Function Fragments' code=20
<BR>on the Clean download pages contains a tiny bit of Unicode stuff.=20
<BR>Obviously it does not contain true Unicode literals, but it does=20
<BR>contain a conversion from/to ASCII (which is quite straightforward).=20
<BR>There are also some encoding functions.
<BR>
<BR>It is not much, and has not been tested thoroughly, but it's a start.
<BR>
<BR>See
<BR>- Library/Base/Chars/UniChar
<BR>- Library/Encoding></B>
<BR>
<BR>Thanks; I will have a look.
<BR>
<BR><B><<>basis, users could develop specific IO or other libraries=
as needed, leading=20
<BR>>to their incremental integration and the transition of Clean towards=
a truly=20
<BR>>global development environment, in say ten or twenty years time ...
<BR>
<BR>I seriously don't think that it will take that long :-)></B>
<BR>
<BR>In the ten years since its launch, Clean has undoubtedly made great prog=
ress. But If we have to extrapolate from what we have witnessed so far, I th=
ink another ten years is not unreasonable in view of the complexities of the=
tasks ahead. Of course, we can be more optimistic.
<BR>
<BR>Best regards.
<BR>
<BR>Wel=E9 Negga=20
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