API as in the standard C API and obviously the part for ASCII string management. The UTF encoding was designed to keep that API working with Unicode. How would

API as in the standard C API and obviously the part for ASCII string management. The UTF encoding was designed to keep that API working with Unicode. How would an encoding standard be an API? (Application Programming Interface) I can't believe your smug attack gets voted up. You just proved you're either an idiot or a troll. You add nothing to the discussion.