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From: "Nick Roberts" <Nick.Roberts@dial.pipex.com>
Subject: Re: String type conversions
Date: 1999/02/12
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Date: 1999-02-12T00:00:00+00:00
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Before too long, hopefully, the answer will be "just don't use [8-bit]
Character". Most workstations and PCs these days are so powerful - in order
to cope with graphics, multimedia, games etc. - that having them handle
16-bit characters (instead of 8-bit/MBCS) most of the time is unlikely to be
a problem. And as for long-term file storage: compress.

Question: I am currently developing an idea as to a standard graphics/GUI
package hierarchy for Ada; would there be any point at all in providing a
(nearly duplicate) set of procedures and functions for the 'Character' type,
as well as for 'Wide_Character'?

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Nick Roberts    "The Prophylactic Didactic"
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Robert I. Eachus wrote in message ...
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|   It is a shame that the character mapping arena is such a mess.