>Peter,
>
>Recently, I watched "Three Seasons" (Chinese, subtitled) and the guy
>reading a book all the time.  I hit "pause" to see what the cover says -
>the characters weren't Latin, but they didn't look like traditional
>hyeroglyphs, either.  Think about how the Chinese write e-mails - they're
>using the same keyboard as you and me.  Maybe someone with Chinese
>background can explain this.

I think that you are referring to 'simplified' Chinese. Afaik there are 3
main ways to write Chinese and several more regional/traditional ways.
One of them is indeed simple (but I don't know it - I do not speak Chinese
at all - it was just meant as an example). I was not trying to flame-bait
anybody, it's just that you get to have strong opinions on this when
trying to match or machine machine parts. Keeping two sets of tools is
almost impossible for most people. There are a number of frustrated
messages on this on the net. From both sides of the pond. I mean Atlantic
Ocean ;-).

And my message was not meant as a response to someone else's message about
flexibility, so I did not mean any offence.

Peter

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