Re: UTF-EBCDIC encoding?

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Date	Fri, 12 Jul 2013 14:35:14 -0400
Subject	Re: UTF-EBCDIC encoding?
From	Joel Goldstick <joel.goldstick@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 2:11 PM, Wayne Werner <wayne@waynewerner.com> wrote:

> Is anyone aware of a UTF-EBCDIC[1] decoder?
>
> While Python does have a few EBCDIC dialects in the codecs, it does not
> have the (relatively new?) UTF-EBCDIC one.
>
> Additionally, if anyone is aware of a Python tool that can unpack a
> mainframe PDS file, that would also be worthwhile.
>
>
> Thanks,
> Wayne
>
> [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/**UTF-EBCDIC<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-EBCDIC>
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I can't help you.  I'm astonished.  Trying to imagine the work environment
where this technology would be necessary

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