By the way, might we - - - perhaps EBCDIC ???
It is much better than ASCII because it sorts numbers where they belong, behind the letters and not in front of them.
And please keep a space not a tab and no printable character in column one. I need it for printcontrol.
EBCDIC has got all the graphic characters you ever need. It is a standart and it is multiplatform.
Any comments?
Well, you left out my personal favorite: In ASCII: 'z' - 'a' + 1 = 26 but in EBCDIC: 'z' - 'a' + 1 = 41 (or something close to that - it has been a while since I had to deal with EBCDIC.) With cool properties like this, EBCDIC sure seems like a winner to me...
lol and rofl favoured :)
Agreed! Ned _______________________________________________ Ietf@xxxxxxxx https://www1.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/ietf