From: Wilson Bilkovich <wilsonb@...>
Date: 2006-10-25T13:15:20+09:00
Subject: Re: downcase part of a string

On 10/24/06, Hal Fulton <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote:
> x1 wrote:
> > "no".capitalize, Tim is right, but ruby is a "logical" language for
> > me. Trying to accommodate for 6800 languages with various character
> > types is not logical. Unfortunately, not manufacturing bikini's
> > because some people can't wear them doesn't seem like the optimal
> > solution in my opinion. If someone wants to upcase Latin, write a ruby
> > library and share it.
>
> I don't think that addresses what I was asking about, i.e., whether
> French accents on capital letters differ across France.
>

It's entirely possible I'm mis-remembering that part of Tim's talk.
Anyone else remember exactly what he said?  I know he had a slide that
had an accented 'e' character on it.