[gopher] Re: meta: item types, etc.

[JumpJet Mailbox <jumpjetinfo@xxxxxxxxx>]

DOS, Atari, Windows 3.x, and some others.
--- On Sat, 7/5/08, Nuno J. Silva <nunojsilva@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

From: Nuno J. Silva <nunojsilva@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [gopher] Re: meta: item types, etc.
To: gopher@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Date: Saturday, July 5, 2008, 6:48 AM

On Fri, 4 Jul 2008 19:13:58 -0700 (PDT)
JumpJet Mailbox <jumpjetinfo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> I am absolutely, 100%, AGAINST the idea of_Upper / Lower case letters
> indicating different Item Types._ Although this may be acceptable for
> some computer platforms (upper and lower case letters do have
> different ASCII values), it is a real annoyance on others._ As
> protocols must be universal, "case neutrality" should be the
only
> acceptable method. _ JumpJet proposes the following: Type 1 =
> "directory" Type i or I = "information" _ Type 0 =
"Plain text file"

In which platforms does using that approach is unacceptable? Shouldn't
upper and lower cases have different charset codes, in any charset that
has both?


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