Python - Next Release Questions
Warren Postma
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Tue Mar 28 13:16:20 EST 2000
>
> UTF-8 != ASCII.
>
> (and I doubt people in the US and the UK make up
> 99% of all Unix users -- the rest of us tend to use
> 8-bit character sets that are definitely not UTF-8
> compatible...)
Thou hast indeed caught me flat footed!
I confess I thought UTF-8 was a clever renaming/co-opting of ASCII. You
know, embrace and extend, kinda like Microsoft....
Warren
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