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UTF-8000: Unlimited UTF-8

134 points · 122 comments · vismit2000

Sharlin · 1789889620 · focus · HN ↗
UTF-8 originally supported up to six-byte encodings (see eg. RFC 2279), but it was restricted to four bytes in 2003 in order to match UTF-16 constraints :(
1. delamon · 1789892393 · focus · HN ↗
  We still have about 85% of codepoint space unused. Hopefully, by the time it becomes a problem, UTF-16 will be long dead
  1. nasso_dev · 1789893027 · focus · HN ↗
    i hope so too, but UTF-16 being used by languages such as java and javascript makes me fear it might be here to stay.... i hope im wrong
    7bit · 1789913168 · focus · HN ↗
    Utf-16 is famously used by Windows for everything important as well.
    colejohnson66 · 1789936195 · focus · HN ↗
    Thankfully, this is changing. Win32's 'A' ANSI/ASCII APIs now support UTF-8 if your app declares such a wish. <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/a/69181417/1350209" rel="nofollow">https://stackoverflow.com/a/69181417/1350209

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