On Wednesday November 27 2013 09:17, you wrote to Bj÷rn Felten:
BF>> The sooner we all move to UTF8, like internet did many years BF>> ago, we'll get a true international Fidonet.
JD> Unless we suddenly have a whole bunch of developers changing the char JD> sets used in the different editors, in use now, it will never happen.
What will indeed never happen is that ALL move to UTF-8. But you forget that UTF-8 is compatible with ASCII only.
JD> It will also never happen because people will simply NOT change from JD> what they are familiar with.
No, what will happen is that SOME will not change and others will. Those who will not change can just continue to read the messages of those that write in ASCII only and they can continue to write in ASCII only and those messages will be readable by everyone. Those who want or need more can make the step to upgrade their systems. I am sure some, if not many, will eventually.
JD> Modern to you, means useless to somebody else.
Some times it does, some times it doesn't. My 21st century Renault Megane with ABS, build in Navi, computer controlled motor management and what else, can still be driven on the same roads as my 1965 FIAT 500.
But it won't run on the same fuel. The 1960s leaded fuel will ruin it. But that's no problem. Unleaded fuel is all that is sold at the pump these days..
UTF-8 and 7 bit only can co-exist and so they will.
