Re: Unicode FAQ addendum

From: John Cowan (cowan@locke.ccil.org)
Date: Fri Jul 21 2000 - 10:12:07 EDT

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> > 1) Unicode code units are not 8 bits long; deal with it.
> >
> > Joe

How about "1) Unicode characters don't fit in 8 bits; deal with it."
"Code units" isn't really in the spirit of JOVUC.

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John Cowan                                   cowan@ccil.org
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