hokey%plus5@plus5.UUCP (09/21/85)
Distribution: Volume-Issue: 2.2 Mumps is being implemented in environments with different character sets. It is very useful to be able to identify this environment. I propose the creation of a new special variable which will contain an identification of the character set provided by the current environment. This special variable could be called $CHARACTERSET. "Old" mumps programs would expect $C to be "ANSIX3.4-1968", while more recent software would expect $C to be "ANSIX3.4-1977". In Europe, the value might be "ISO646". The value of $C could be dependent on $I. I suspect instant values for $C could be specified for other character sets.