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| From | "Neal P. Murphy" <neal.p.murphy@alum.wpi.edu> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Re: Locale-related questions |
| Date | 2015-12-03 09:30 +0100 |
| Message-ID | <qBxr3-2rt-11@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
| References | <qBwEF-1U2-7@gated-at.bofh.it> <qBwEF-1U2-5@gated-at.bofh.it> <qBx7I-2kH-7@gated-at.bofh.it> |
| Organization | Murphy Retirement Home |
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. :) N
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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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