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| From | Ken Wesson <kwesson@gmail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: Why No Supplemental Characters In Character Literals? |
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| Date | 5 Feb 2011 08:15:31 +0100 |
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On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:28:57 -0800, Mike Schilling wrote: > "Ken Wesson" <kwesson@gmail.com> wrote in message > news:4d4ceaf3$1@news.x-privat.org... >> On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 21:46:56 -0800, Mike Schilling wrote: >> >>> "Ken Wesson" <kwesson@gmail.com> wrote in message >>> news:4d4cc888$1@news.x-privat.org... >>>> On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 22:30:09 -0500, Arne Vajhøj wrote: >>>> >>>>> On 04-02-2011 22:21, Ken Wesson wrote: >>>>>> On Fri, 04 Feb 2011 17:02:37 -0800, Mike Schilling wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> "Arne Vajhøj"<arne@vajhoej.dk> wrote in message >>>>>>> news:4d4ca055$0$23765$14726298@news.sunsite.dk... >>>>>>>> Which is a bit surprising since high code points were introduced >>>>>>>> when .NET came around. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> But they probably had a compatibility issue with p/Invoke and >>>>>>>> Win32 API, COM interop, C++ mixed mode etc. that all had to work >>>>>>>> with existing Win32 model of 16 bit wchars. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Or, relentless micro-optimizers that they are, Microsoft wasn't >>>>>>> willing to bite off the size/performance issues. >>>>>> >>>>>> Relentless micro-optimizers of what, their cashflow? >>>>> >>>>> Micro optimization in the meaning it has among programmers. >>>> >>>> Microsoft doesn't know beans about optimizing program code, as anyone >>>> who's waited five mintues for Windows to start up and become fully >>>> responsive can attest. :) >>> >>> Optimization and micro-optimization are not synonyms. >> >> No; the latter is a special case of the former. > > The latter is quite often the direct opposite of the former. If so, then it has been mis-named and you should clarify your original meaning.
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