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It doesn't have to be formatting... It is not a "very bad idea" it is "an idea you do not like." Those are different things. The way you're describing UTF-32,
by naikrovek 7y ago
It doesn't have to be formatting...
It is not a "very bad idea" it is "an idea you do not like." Those are different things.
The way you're describing UTF-32, it can't work at all, and it definitely does.
Trying to save space by using UTF-8 over UTF-32 seems like a very small gain to me, is all. UTF-32 is simpler, for text created in that encoding.
- targonca 7y agoThere are tons of resources online about why UTF-32 doesn't make sense. I'm not gonna repeat them. Do your own research. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8195827 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8195827 https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/236194/does-it-make-sense-to-choose-utf-32-based-on-concern-that-some-basic-rule-will https://softwareengineering.stackexchange.com/questions/2361... https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32#Analysis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-32#Analysis http://utf8everywhere.org/#myths http://utf8everywhere.org/#myths