atttl@hou2h.UUCP (R.ARDIS) (02/16/84)
----- For anyone interested, ANSI X3.4 (ASCII) is being revised, changing the format and text of the standard to be in close conformity to ISO 646-1983. Although the text has been changed considerably, there was no intention of significantly changing any technical aspect of the standard from ASCII-1977. This is the basic 7-bit or 8-bit ANSI standard for ASCII code. X3.41 con- tains the method of extending and the extensions to the ASCII code. Some of the names of characters have been changed slightly to be in closer conformity with ISO 646-1983 and to avoid ambiguity (e.g. 'opening' and 'closing' have been replaced with 'left' and of the symbols.) The rewrite is presently committee document X3L2/84-18, being submitted to the X3L2 committee membership for approval to send to X3 for further pro- cessing (and publishing by ANSI for public comments). ----- Ed Baldwin, AT&T Technology Licensing, Greensboro, N.C. hou2h!wegdcb!gcegb