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От : Nick Boel 1:154/700 05 апр 25 12:53:10
К : Maurice Kinal 05 апр 25 09:48:20
Тема : Re: 40 Cups of Coffee
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Hey Maurice!
On Sat, Apr 05 2025 12:07:54 -0500, you wrote:
> Now that you mention it I don`t see UTF-8 in
> /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules but it still shows up in `iconv --list`.
> So far a search hasn`t yielded any information about this other than
> one that reports missing LATIN1 which isn`t an issue with glibc-2.41
> from what I see here. UTF-8 does work despite this flaw.
And it proves that you`re still around and kickin`. You`ve been
fairly quiet recently (besides the character set list) so I was checking
up on you.
> Heh, heh. Ask Bill Gates why that should be avoided.
Does this have to do with 640k being enough memory for anyone?
> If you are seriously asking, the reason it should be avoided is that
> UTF-16, as well as UTF-32, are not compatible with ASCII, whereas the
> first 128 codes of UTF-8 *are* ASCII and will produce standard text
> messages as this nonreply is evidence of.
I definitely wasn`t serious, and know exactly why. I just didn`t
see UTF-8 on the list of character sets you pasted, so figured maybe
it was coming time to move on. ;)
Regards,
Nick
... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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