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There was already more than enough space for characters with 12-bit systems like the PDP-8. If anything, the convergence on 8-bit words just made it more effici
by LegionMammal978 1y ago
There was already more than enough space for characters with 12-bit systems like the PDP-8. If anything, the convergence on 8-bit words just made it more efficient to use 7-bit codepages like ASCII.
- consp 1y agoAs the UTF encodings have shown you can put any encoding in any bitform if need be.