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Re: Python usage numbers

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Date Sun, 12 Feb 2012 19:03:54 -0500
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On 02/12/2012 06:29 PM, Steven D'Aprano wrote:
> On Sun, 12 Feb 2012 17:27:34 -0500, Roy Smith wrote:
>
>> <SNIP>
>> Hopefully, we will eventually reach the point where storage is so cheap
>> that nobody minds how inefficient UTF-32 is and we all just start using
>> that.  Life will be a lot simpler then.  No more transcoding, a string
>> will just as many bytes as it is characters, and everybody will be happy
>> again.
> I think you mean 4 times as many bytes as characters. Unless you have 32
> bit bytes :)
>
>
Until you have 32 bit bytes, you'll continue to have encodings, even if 
only a couple of them.




-- 

DaveA

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  Re: Python usage numbers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-12 02:23 +0000
    Re: Python usage numbers Rick Johnson <rantingrickjohnson@gmail.com> - 2012-02-11 18:36 -0800
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        Re: Python usage numbers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-12 05:51 +0000
          Re: Python usage numbers Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-02-12 17:08 +1100
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              Re: Python usage numbers Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-02-12 23:29 +0000
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