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From "Carlos E.R." <robin_listas@es.invalid>
Newsgroups comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers
Subject Python
Date 2025-12-13 23:35 +0100
Message-ID <7a611mx9gf.ln2@Telcontar.valinor> (permalink)
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On 2025-12-13 12:55, Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote:
> Le 01-12-2025, Richard Kettlewell <invalid@invalid.invalid> a écrit :
>> Lawrence D’Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> writes:
>>> Richard Kettlewell wrote:
>>>> Python takes a different approach. Its internal string
>>>> representation dynamically picks 8, 16 or 32 bits depending on the
>>>> string contents, with UTF-8 created on demand and cached.
>>>
>>> Its “str” type (immutable) is nominally UTF-32.
>>
>> No. RTFM. At the Python level, str is a sequence of values that
>> represent Unicode code points. There is no statement that they are
>> UTF-32. For all the Python programmer knows it could be packed 21-bit or
>> 3-byte fields, among other possibilities; they would not be able to tell
>> the difference from Python.
> 
> OK, you mostly have another reason why python is a shit programming
> language making believe it's easy to use. Thanks, I didn't knew this
> one.

Casio calculators use it. Well, MicroPython.

...

-- 
Cheers, Carlos.
ES🇪🇸, EU🇪🇺;

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