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1. 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. colejohnson66 · 1789936084 · focus · HN ↗

         But by then, the 4-byte limit of UTF-8 will itself have ossified. Even today, reverting back to the 6-byte limit is nigh impossible.

         1. Razengan · 1789948690 · focus · HN ↗

            By then we will have quaternary quantum computers and FTL circuits where the information appears request it before you

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