Subj : The seven-bit restriction
To   : Bj”rn Felten
From : Michiel van der Vlist
Date : Fri Jul 27 2018 01:25:02

Hello Bj”rn,

On Monday February 03 2014 18:59, you wrote to Kees van Eeten:

 KvE>> Just out of curiosity, what is high-ASCII ?

 BF>    Usually known as the ASCII characters higher than 0x7f.

There is no such things as "ASCII characters higher than 0x7f". ASCII covers 
the range 0-0x7f. If it is >0x7f it is not ASCII.

 KvE>> Because there is no consensus on what is to be represented by
 KvE>> these so called high-ASCII.

 BF>    No need to. Every region (outside of Z1 and Z3) -- meaning parts of
 BF> the world using completely different languages -- takes care of it's
 BF> own. The rest can simply either ignore it or take the recent technical
 BF> developments and handle it accordingly.

Everyone uses his own encoding? That's crazy.

 BF>    But there is! *I* write it the way I want it. In my Region20 file
 BF> it's written the way I want it. That's simply the way *I* want it.

So it will show on your screen as intended by you and as garbage on anyone 
else's. What good would THAT do? YOU know how to properly spell your name. So 
that it shows OK on YOUR screen has no added value for anyone. The added value 
of allowing other characters than ASCII would be to inform OTHERS how to 
properly spell your name. And vice versa. That doesn't work if everyone uses 
his own encoding.

 BF> Freedom of expression, anyone...?

What you propose is not freedom of expression but the freedom to utter 
gibberish. I suppose you have that freedom, but it does not make sense when the 
goal is to communicate. For that a common ground is needed.


Cheers, Michiel

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