Re: utf-8 vs. utf-32

From: Karl Ove Hufthammer (huftis@bigfoot.com)
Date: Tue Apr 23 2002 - 11:34:28 EDT

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    "Tomas Frydrych" <tomas@frydrych.uklinux.net> wrote in
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    > utf-8 requires more processing time for all people,

    And there is (AFAIK) *no* advantage to use UTF-8 over UTF-16.

    > utf-32 more memory for most people.

    For *all* people. Almost all characters fit in UTF-16 without
    using surrogates, and certainly all the most commonly characters
    do. Surrogates will be very rare.

    -- 
    Karl Ove Hufthammer
    


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