Subj : when a practice does it better.
To : Tim Schattkowsky
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 02:09 pm
Hello Tim,
On Thursday February 27 2025 03:39, you wrote to me:
AA>>> Ok.. so, why would Tim's "better idea" be a violation if it may
AA>>> indeed be a BETTER idea? Why not incorportate it into an
AA>>> existing standard as BETTER?
MvdV>> It is not better.
TS> Because you say so?
No because FTS-5003 says so and explains why. IBMPC has evolved to mean ANY IBM PC character set. CP437, CP850, CP1252 or even CP866. So nobody knows what it actually means. There is a reason "IBMPC" was depricated by the FTSC. Keeping iy alive by using it is not "bettter".
Using a deprecated form is not progress, it is regress.
