Strohmeier, AlfredGenillard, ChristianWeber, Mats2005-09-202005-09-202005-09-20199010.1145/381963.381991https://infoscience.epfl.ch/handle/20.500.14299/216719A general frame is proposed for implementing 8-bit coded character sets in Ada in conformance with current international standards. This frame is then applied to what is termed Latin alphabet No. 1 which covers Western European languages. Also shown is how the basic needs for text input-output can be satisfied by generalizing the predefined package TEXT_IO.Adatext::conference output::conference proceedings::conference paper