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   Lew Pitcher to Janis Papanagnou   
   Re: Unicode...   
   27 Dec 25 20:03:34   
   
   From: lew.pitcher@digitalfreehold.ca   
      
   On Sat, 27 Dec 2025 20:47:37 +0100, Janis Papanagnou wrote:   
      
   > On 2025-12-27 20:17, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   >>   
   >> There is an ISO standard for 6-bit characters (ISO 646).   
   >   
   > I think you're confusing something here. ISO 646 (AKA IA5) is   
   > a set of 7 bit character sets (with national variants) mostly   
   > resembling ASCII.   
   >   
   > Janis   
      
   If you trust Wikipedia, the article "Six Bit character code"   
   (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six-bit_character_code) mentions   
   that "ISO Recommendation R 646-1967" included a 6bit code, which   
   was dropped when they issued ISO 646-1973.   
      
   I have neither standard available, so I can't confirm. However,   
   I should note that the ECMA still publishes (and makes freely   
   available) their version of ISO 646: ECMA-006 "7 Bit coded   
   Character Set".   
      
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