[Python-ideas] Smart/Curly Quote Marks and cPython

[Steven D'Aprano]

On Wed, Oct 26, 2016 at 03:37:54AM +0200, Mikhail V wrote:

> Extended ASCII

There are over 200 different, mutually incompatible, so-called 
"extended ASCII" code pages and encodings.

And of course it is ludicruous to think that you can fit all the world's 
characters into only 8-bits. There are more than 40,000 just from China 
alone, which makes it impossible to fit into 16-bits.


> So we all must repent now and get back to 8-bit charcters.

Please stop wasting everyone's time trying to set the clock back to the 
1980s.


-- 
Steve