Re: CVS: cvs.openbsd.org: src

[naddy_(_at_)_mips_(_dot_)_inka_(_dot_)_de (Christian Weisgerber)]

jmc <jmc_(_at_)_prioris_(_dot_)_mini_(_dot_)_pw_(_dot_)_edu_(_dot_)_pl> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 28, 2003 at 04:11:44PM +0000, Miod Vallat wrote:
> > ... yet ALaw and uLaw are the preferred spellings.

They are not.

> I chose mu-law over u-law, since according to jason@ it's pronounced
> "mu".

Originally it's a lower case Greek letter mu.  This tends to run
into character set issues.  I approve of "mu-law".

> Do you have some sources of standards to point me to?

ITU-T G.711, which defines these encodings, uses "A-law" and "µ-law"
(lower case mu).  I'm holding a paper copy in my hand as I'm writing
this.

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Christian "naddy" Weisgerber                          naddy_(_at_)_mips_(_dot_)_inka_(_dot_)_de