Re:A popular but wrong way to convert a string to uppercase ...
by bratwurst3000 on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @08:59AM
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there shouldn’t be an uppercase version of ß because there is no word in the german language that uses it as the first letter. the german language didnt think of allcaps. please correct me if I am wrong. If written in uppercase it should be converted to SZ or the new uppercase ß…. which my iphone doesn’t have… and
converting anything to uppercase SS isn’t something germany wants …
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Re:A popular but wrong way to convert a string to uppercase ...
by account42 on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @09:22AM
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> there shouldn’t be an uppercase version of ß because there is no word in the german language that uses it as the first letter. the german language didnt think of allcaps.
Allcaps (and smallcaps) has always existed in signage everywhere. Before the computing age, letters where just arbitrary metal stamps -- and just whatever you could draw before that. Historically, language was not as standardized as it is today.