To unicode or not to unicode

[Ross Ridge]

Ross Ridge (Sat, 21 Feb 2009 17:07:35 -0500) 
> The link demonstrates that Google Groups doesn't assume ASCII like
> Python does.  Since popular newsreaders like Google Groups and Outlook
> Express can display the message correctly without the MIME headers,
> but your obscure one can't, there's a much stronger case to made that
> it's your newsreader that's broken.

Thorsten Kampe  <thorsten at thorstenkampe.de> wrote:
>*sigh* I give up on you. You didn't even read the "Joel on Software" 
>article. The whole "why" and "what for" of Unicode and MIME will always 
>be a complete mystery to you.

I understand what Unicode and MIME are for and why they exist.  Neither
their merits nor your insults change the fact that the only current
standard governing the content of Usenet posts doesn't require their use.

					Ross Ridge

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