>                                 I've also seen some IBM
 > stuff do the same thing (in the PC environment).  Never saw
 > them do that on the mainframe though.  C/370 was a
 > beautifully clean compiler.  Practically no extensions
 > whatsoever.  Totally 100% ISO conforming, but no open(),
 > stricmp() etc.

JdBP>   In other words, 50% of all code (written by numpties who assumed that
JdBP>   stricmp() was a standard function) couldn't be ported to it, yes ?  (-:

Yep, and also any numpties who think that the whole world is
ASCII would suddenly have a rude shock too.  ISO is clear
about what you can expect your character set to do for you.
You can expect that the numbers from 0-9 will be in 
consecutive sequence.  The letters won't necessarily be though.
BFN.  Paul.
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