Posted by Jukka K. Korpela on 06/04/07 06:31

Scripsit Bernhard Sturm:

>> Anyone who wants to know the facts can consult reliable sources.
>
> such as this RFC from 1975 about the use of "Extended ASCII" in Telnet
> sessions?
> http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc698.txt

The only thing that RFC 698, a "proposed standard" from 1975, is good for is
checking how a particular protocol was defined. It is surely not, and was
never meant to be, any authority or reliable source of information on any
other matter.

I wonder if you realize how ridiculous it is to cite over 30 years old
technical descriptions that use sloppy terminology. Besides, the "Extended
ASCII" described in that document has nothing to do with the "Extended
ASCII" in other documents cited so far. The more you cite mutually
incompatible uses of "Extended ASCII", the more you give arguments in favor
of my point - but you can stop now, since the point is crystal clear to
anyone who has actually checked some reliable sources.

--
Jukka K. Korpela ("Yucca")
http://www.cs.tut.fi/~jkorpela/

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