Re: what does "serialization" mean?

From: Corey Murtagh (emonk_at_slingshot.no.uce)
Date: 06/24/04 

Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 02:45:47 +1200

Edward G. Nilges wrote:
> Corey Murtagh <emonk@slingshot.no.uce> wrote in message news:<1088031594.10854@radsrv1.tranzpeer.net>...
>
>>Edward G. Nilges wrote:
<snip>
>>>Look Ma, somebunny can't see the forest for the trees. No, Chris
>>>honey, XML is best used exclusively with what is ordinarily meant by
>>>ascii.
>>
>>Regardless of what /you/ may think is 'ordinarily meant' by ascii, the
>>American Standard Code for Information Interchange is reasonably well
>>defined. As is UTF-8, UTF-16 and a number of other character sets
>>and/or codings. And since you seem to be particularly without clue,
>>I'll loan you one of mine: ASCII != UTF-8.
>
> Again, the pseudo-expert maintains pseudo-expertise by means of the
> self-protective gesture, which is to assert a negative fact without
> taking the risk of asserting a positive fact.

Unlike you I make no ridiculous claims about my expertise, nor do I
attempt to present myself as an authority on any and every topic I have
some minor interest in. The above was quite simply me pointing out what
anyone with the expertise you /claim/ to possess should know.

> Commonly used with adequate precision, ASCII refers to the 256
> character set that was introduced by non-IBM computer manufacturers as
> an alternative to the 8 bit, 256 character EBCDIC encoding. ASCII
> survived and EBCDIC did not because ASCII properly sequenced letters.

So tell me eddie, what exactly /is/ character 0x90 in ASCII? Or indeed
any of the characters from the Unicode block labelled "C1 Controls"?
How about ASCII character 0xB0, which several different ASCII charts
list different values for?

> The pseudo-expert is typically unconscious of history and therefore
> must assert negative facts, for all he knows is there is no knowledge
> and no memory.

And the pompous fool is typically incapable of admitting fault.

> You are filibustering the important distinction which is between FF
> and 100 for this is where international characters begin. You are
> trolling this discussion thread in a way Arthur O'Dwyer has appealed
> you to cease.

Since I am not a soldier of fortune and am not involved in any way with
legislative processes, I question the validity of your use of the word
'filibustering'. However since you are quite vocal about your right to
apply new meanings to words without explanation, I guess we'll just have
to guess at what you /really/ mean.

>>>Part of the reason for the 80% failure rate of enterprise systems is
>>>little circles and groups with their own private language.
>>
>>Ah, nostalgia. Has anyone kept a list of the hundreds of things that
>>eddie has claimed are responsible (in part or in full) for that mythical
>>80% failure rate?
>
> My name is not Eddie, and again, this is behavior which Arthur O'Dwyer
> has requested you cease. Furthermore, since as a pseudo-expert all you
> have to disseminate is ignorance in the form of negative claims, you
> are obviously resentful of a person with knowledge and memory.

Note the lower-case 'e' above. That is not a typo.

As for 'negative claims'... my claim that ASCII is /not/ the same as
UTF-8 is quite positive, I assure you. It is not a claim made in
ignorance, either of history or fact.

Your constant diatribes and character assassination attempts are getting
rather tiresome. Time to up the dosage again eddie. 

-- 
Corey Murtagh
The Electric Monk
"Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur!"

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