Comments on: It’s not an ASCII world any more http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/01/29/its-not-an-ascii-world-any-more/ Kevin Dangoor on Software Development Mon, 01 Dec 2008 21:08:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Arno http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/01/29/its-not-an-ascii-world-any-more/#comment-2327 Arno Sat, 30 Jul 2005 08:42:38 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/wordpress/?p=1236#comment-2327 What is particularly dangerous is that most APIs (e.g., .NET and Java) don't force the caller to explicitly define which encoding is to be applied. So some people won't consider the consequences of using the default-encoding, while others might not even know what encodings are all about. Default-Encoding Considered Harmful: http://arnosoftwaredev.blogspot.com/2005/03/default-encoding-considered-harmful.html What is particularly dangerous is that most APIs (e.g., .NET and Java) don’t force the caller to explicitly define which encoding is to be applied. So some people won’t consider the consequences of using the default-encoding, while others might not even know what encodings are all about.

Default-Encoding Considered Harmful: http://arnosoftwaredev.blogspot.com/2005/03/default-encoding-considered-harmful.html

]]> By: Lorenzo Gatti http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/01/29/its-not-an-ascii-world-any-more/#comment-604 Lorenzo Gatti Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/wordpress/?p=1236#comment-604 My current work project is a Java application that must run on mainframes and support sundry EBCDIC variants. Another way to be non-ASCII... My current work project is a Java application that must run on mainframes and support sundry EBCDIC variants. Another way to be non-ASCII…

]]> By: Kevin http://www.blueskyonmars.com/2005/01/29/its-not-an-ascii-world-any-more/#comment-605 Kevin Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.blueskyonmars.com/wordpress/?p=1236#comment-605 It's been quite a while since I've seen any mention of EBCDIC. Yeah, I guess those mainframes are still out there, aren't they? In truth, the "world" hasn't really been ASCII for a while. Internationalized GUIs have had to do something else for some time. I am thankful for the effort of the Unicode people to try and pull everything under one umbrella. It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen any mention of EBCDIC. Yeah, I guess those mainframes are still out there, aren’t they?

In truth, the “world” hasn’t really been ASCII for a while. Internationalized GUIs have had to do something else for some time. I am thankful for the effort of the Unicode people to try and pull everything under one umbrella.

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