[windows2000] Re: Sorting characters?
- From: "Sorin Srbu" <Sorin.Srbu@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: "windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <windows2000@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 09:04:46 +0100
On Sun, 07 Nov 2004 18:51:56 -0800, Jim Walls wrote:
>> Who decides how the #!=_-@ et al characters, are sorted?
>>
>> Is this a legacy thing maybe, that some unix-hacker decided in the
>> 60's and has been inherited to later OSes?
>
>It's in the order of the ASCII character value. Here is a link to a
>site with the table...
>
>http://www.asciitable.com/
Gotcha'.
"...from teletypes". Would this be those big chunky things that
replaced morse-stations; essentially a big typewriter with a phone
built-in?
BW,
Sorin
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