nanogui: UniCode
Subject:
Re: Unicode
From:
"Bradley D. LaRonde" ####@####.####
Date:
29 Mar 2000 14:18:44 -0000
Message-Id: <009201bf9988$3cd642e0$41ea9626@ltc.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 2:18 AM
Subject: Unicode
> So this could speak for a 16-Bit representation. I think, it would
> be more easy to convert a given program to 16 bit, because you have
> a single 16 bit value for a character, not a floating scheme. So it
> could be easier to use existing routines for example to get the
> length of a string etc. (This could be different: Is a length the
> lenght in bytes or the number of characters -what now could be
> different. But in old programs its always the same.)
I couldn't disagree with you more. I loathe the idea of not using char for
strings, and so does most of GNU/Linux I think.
Regards,
Brad
