On Mo, 10 Aug 2009, Philipp Kern wrote: > >> Of course there's a penalty for certain operations. But UTF-8 is about > >> as compact as an extended encoding is going to get. [...] > make UTF-8 bad per se to call it "rubbish".
I didn't call utf-8 itself rubbish, I am myself a strong proponent for utf-8, only your quote that it is "about as compact as an extended encoding is going to get". OTOH, I agree that UTF-8 is the way to go in general computing, I have had too much pain with all those local encodings around the world. Best wishes Norbert ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Dr. Norbert Preining <[email protected]> Vienna University of Technology Debian Developer <[email protected]> Debian TeX Group gpg DSA: 0x09C5B094 fp: 14DF 2E6C 0307 BE6D AD76 A9C0 D2BF 4AA3 09C5 B094 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- HUTTOFT (n.) The fibrous algae which grows in the dark, moist environment of trouser turn-ups. --- Douglas Adams, The Meaning of Liff -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
