RE: Characterset Question

I honestly never thought my question would start a philosophical discussion.

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From: oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org <oracle-l-bounce_at_freelists.org> On Behalf Of Mladen Gogala Sent: Wednesday, March 27, 2024 7:09 PM To: Maxim <mdemenko_at_gmail.com>; lsantos_at_pobox.com Cc: oracle-l_at_freelists.org
Subject: Re: Characterset Question

On Wed, 2024-03-27 at 16:20 +0100, Maxim wrote: Mio years ago is very recently it technologies evolve very quickly (in human terms), so ASCII7 might be considered paleozoic from the point of view Unicode standard version 15.1.0, my son might consider me as paleozoic (ancient) from his point of view, whereas i consider myself at the relatively young lifestage...

But thoughts, the slave of life,
and life, time’s fool,
And time, that takes survey of
all the world, Must have a stop.

(Shakespeare, Henry IV)

Admittedly, we are in some strange waters given that this an Oracle list. I wonder what will the people of the next geological period say about this debate, if there are any.

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