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Re: Charset API for C++
- To: General Arabization Discussion <general at arabeyes dot org>
- Subject: Re: Charset API for C++
- From: Ahmad Khalifa <ahmad at khalifa dot ws>
- Date: Mon, 20 Sep 2004 13:43:19 +0300
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Quoting lemine dot abdallahi at wanadoo dot fr:
> To be precise: A lot of APIs exist in the nature, some are not easy to use
> (recode, libiconv (C) ), some are proprietary ( IBM ICU ), some are not
> standard ( ?? The problem is to define what a standard is ).
> How to make a realistic choice which follows a "standard" which is not
> difficult to use and not patented ... ?
ICU is MIT-like Lisenced, so you can use it (if you choose to) in any project,
open source or commercial. Its only problem is that its a huge Library, if you
can extract the conversion code only, then you should use it... It complies to
standards...
ak.