Kenneth Koenraadt schreef:
> On Mon, 10 Jul 2006 20:54:19 +0200, Frank van Bortel
> <frank.van.bortel_at_gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Ross schreef:
>
>> Eh? UTF-8 is a variable length characterset! UTF16 is fixed (and -in my
>> opinion- far better suited in most cases), as are all charactersets with
>
> Hi Frank,
>
> UTF16 is not fixed either. It requires either 2 or 4 bytes, depending
> on the char chosen.
>
> UTF32 is fixed.
>
> - Kenneth Koenraadt
A - got it mixed with UCS-2 (UTF16 is a strict superset of UCS-2).
Also, note that the first UTF16 implementation *was* 2 bytes fixed.
MS Windows uses UCS-2
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Regards,
Frank van Bortel
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Received on Wed Jul 12 2006 - 12:42:24 CDT
