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# I YAM HIDIN BEHIND AN BISKIT
slight tj: who would like to explain to me the differences between character sets (ISO8859) and Unicode?
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:43, archived)
# character sets (ISO8859) is for geeks
ladies love guys who know Unicode
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:46, archived)
# see
am I right in thinking that ISO-8859-9 (say) is just normal standard ASCII (128) plus whatever weird characters up to 256 (8-bit) and Unicode is a shitload of characters (16-bit)
(I helped save b3ta! Mighty Nibus who dares gins | @nibus, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:51, archived)
# what damage would it cause
if I gave you a made up an answer?
I don't know, sorry
(I helped save b3ta! twig Save 6 Music, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:52, archived)
# Me!
If I knew
(I helped save b3ta! Joliet, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:46, archived)
# Unicode (I think) can be parsed to any language OS
whereas specific Char Sets have to have those sets installed in order to display correctly.

In an XML-y kind of way.
Possibly.

*runs away from the nay-sayers*
(I helped save b3ta! J Peasemould Gruntfuttock Alpha Mike Foxtrot, Wed 25 Feb 2009, 13:53, archived)