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Date:	Tue, 29 Sep 2009 01:03:22 +0900
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Subject:	Re: The C locale
From:	IWAMURO Motonori <deenheart AT gmail DOT com>
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2009/9/27 IWAMURO Motonori <deenheart AT gmail DOT com>:
>> LANG="ja" -> EUCJP
>> LANG="ja_JP" -> EUCJP
>
> Hmmm, It is a difficult problem.
>
> I think selecting UTF-8 is good because eucJP is legacy.
>
> But, for interoperability with other UNIX-like system(*), I don't
> think selecting UTF-8 is good.
>
> * Solaris: ja, ja_JP -> eucJP
> * Linux (Debian): ja -> Unknown, ja_JP -> eucJP
>
> I need to think more...

My conclusion is as follows as a result of hearing other Japanese
people's opinion:

LANG=ja -> UTF-8
LANG=ja_JP -> UTF-8

Because, we specify "eucJP" explicitly when we need it.
-- 
IWAMURO Motnori <http://vmi.jp/>

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