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Re: Locale-related questions

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On Thu, Dec 03, 2015 at 03:25:38AM -0500, Neal P. Murphy wrote:
> On Thu, 3 Dec 2015 09:01:40 +0100
> Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> wrote:
> 
> > (Sun is also responsible for making java's char type 16-bits and strings
> > UTF-16. This is another case of headdesk, or possibly headwall, although
> > entirely unrelated to the wchar_t issue. For those who do not know,
> > basically UTF-16 manages to combine almost all the drawbacks of UTF-8 with
> > almost all the drawbacks of UCS-4, plus a whole bunch of drawbacks of its
> > own.)
> 
> This is a fine example of putting one's thoughts into words perfectly, leaving no doubt as to the intent. It's usually difficult, but clearly not impossible. :)

Yeah, agreed, that's quote-worthy. Nicolas: can I put that into my
quotations book? With attribution, of course!

regards
- -- t
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Re: Locale-related questions Martin Str|mberg <ams@ludd.luth.se> - 2015-12-03 08:40 +0100
  Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-03 09:10 +0100
    Re: Locale-related questions "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> - 2015-12-03 09:30 +0100
      Re: Locale-related questions Nicolas George <george@nsup.org> - 2015-12-03 09:40 +0100
      Re: Locale-related questions <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2015-12-03 09:40 +0100

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