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The idea of "text is the universal interface" informed the design of unix and it resulted in text streams. But if I apply it to something entirely different, au
by cyborgx7 8y ago
The idea of "text is the universal interface" informed the design of unix and it resulted in text streams. But if I apply it to something entirely different, authentication, I come out at passwords.
And I wouldn't say that text meant ASCII. My understanding is that it meant text is the thing that could be understood and written by both people and computers.
- ggm 8y agoThe back story of the work some significant UNIX people did to get UTF8/Unicode into workable state in standards is amazing. Application of brilliant minds to a corner-case problem in international standards. http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utf-8_history http://doc.cat-v.org/bell_labs/utf-8_history