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isn't wtf8 'double utf8' ie the typical utf8 escape encoded in utf8 Ãetc? wobble transform 8bit seems like an unnecessary hijacking of a well labeled error st
by gfody 5y ago
isn't wtf8 'double utf8' ie the typical utf8 escape encoded in utf8 Ãetc?
wobble transform 8bit seems like an unnecessary hijacking of a well labeled error state
- chrismorgan 5y agohttps://simonsapin.github.io/wtf-8/ https://simonsapin.github.io/wtf-8/ (which I think you’ve found). People had occasionally used the label before for mojibake of various kinds, but the term was never popular under that meaning. Simon’s work is now a vastly more popular meaning.
- gfody 5y agotil, also found this where he apologizes for hijacking it https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9613971 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9613971