[6240] in java-interest
Re: Unicode in Java
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dr. J. S. Farhat)
Tue Mar 26 21:26:35 1996
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 1996 21:41:16 -0800
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From: "Dr. J. S. Farhat" <jfarhat@JANAINC.COM>
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At 04:34 PM 3/19/96 -0500, Nic Fulton +44 171 510 8223 wrote:
>Dear All,
>
>Does Java really support UNICODE. We are told that it has
>an internal Character representation that is double byte,
>and this is UNICODE, but how can we be sure.
>
You should download the Java specifications from http://java.sun.com, and
use the language range. Java with the two bytes supports 65,000 differenct
characters each range is defined for a specific language.
>BTW. For those of you who dislike Microsoft (I know there are a
>few), please note that they have even got NotePad.exe on
>Windows NT to support UNICODE! If Microsoft can do it, can't
>Java ?
>
Microsoft solution is not a true UNICODE because you have to keep buying the
operating system that supports different languages and their byte is only 8
bits except for Japanese and Chines.
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