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from Sacha contains these words:

I'll know for future reference.
Isn't it pathetic, though, that many servers and other computersy
things I am utterly illiterate about are not equipped to deal with a
major world currency which is legal tender since 2001?
Grumble.

Yes. ;-)

2001 is virtually yesterday. The charsets used in mail and news should
conform to a standard. Unfortunately, the standard doesn't include the
Euro sign, and the problem with changing the standard is that everyone
in the world would have to upgrade their software to accommodate it.

Programs which will compose non-standard characters are, IMO, a pain.

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