Subj : Re^2: Nomination
To : Rob Swindell
From : Tim Schattkowsky
Date : Thu Feb 27 2025 03:30 pm
//Hello Rob,//
on *27.02.2025* at *7:05:46* You wrote in Area *FTSC_PUBLIC*
to *Tim Schattkowsky* about *"Re: Nomination"*.
>> this area we see clearly that in reality there is almost no CP437 and a
>> busload if IBMPC ...
RS> Are you talking about the CHRS kludge values?
Yes.
RS> Here's the counts as I see for this area currently:
RS> $ grep -c CHRS.*IBMPC
RS> 70
RS> $ grep -c CHRS.*CP437
RS> 516
RS> $ grep -c CHRS.*UTF-8
RS> 686
Okay, you just figured out what people are TALKING about ;) Searching for actual kludge values may yield different results.
Anyway, my search was also wrong. Correct results for my message base (dating back for this area to 2006, cannot say if there are holes in time) are:
IBMPC: 2245
CP437: 3385
Different numbers, but still they show that there is a quite lot of usage of IBMPC and you have to admit, that this echo might attract more than average of CP437 advocates.
Simple question: Name advantages and disadvantages of using CP437 in outgoing messages!
My inner Monk would prefer CP437, but I am coming from industry and have always valued the customer experience more.
Regards,
Tim
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