UTF-8 is a brilliant design

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happytoexplain · 1m ago

I have a love-hate relationship with backwards compatibility. I hate the mess - I love when an entity in a position of power is willing to break things in the name of advancement. But I also love the cleverness - UTF-8, UTF-16, EAN, etc. To be fair, UTF-8 sacrifices almost nothing to achieve backwards compat though.

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UTF-8 is a brilliant design

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