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> Wasn't that the exact idea of using UCS-2? At the time it gave you 1-1 code-points and code-units. No. I'm saying that encodings don't matter. They are an im
by hgs3 4y ago
> Wasn't that the exact idea of using UCS-2? At the time it gave you 1-1 code-points and code-units.
No. I'm saying that encodings don't matter. They are an implementation detail. Many programming languages are forever stuck with specific encodings because they exposed this implementation detail.
- chrisseaton 4y agoThe encodings do matter - you're forced to use a Unicode encoding. If you want to use a Unicode-incompatible encoding then FU.