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|    05 Apr 22 08:59:36    |
      From: nospam.mark.lewis@p73.f12.n3634.z1.fidonet.org               On 2022 Apr 03 19:57:50, you wrote to g00r00:               g0>> I do have a solution for that, but I think there always is going to        g0>> be some issue with various codepages and UTF8 only because they        g0>> cannot always convert between each other.               SB> I am really hoping that you can find a way to defeat this problem!              FWIW: there is no way that a ""character set"" like UTF-8 can have all of the       1114112 codepoints it contains converted into the mere 255 characters contained       in traditional codepages like CP437... there simply are not enough character       slots on both sides... if there were, we wouldn't need UTF-8 or all of the       various codepages in the first place ;)              )\/(ark              "The soul of a small kitten in the body of a mighty dragon. Look on my majesty,       ye mighty, and despair! Or bring me catnip. Your choice. Oooh, a shiny thing!"       ... I am curious, Do all Microsoft programmers do drugs?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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