22 Jun
2016
22 Jun
'16
8:05 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Jun 2016, Toby Thain wrote:
Just some internet bungholes on reddit. Brother, just remember, *you*
asked, and you can never get the time back:
https://www.reddit.com/r/programming/comments/d92jj/why_computers_use_twos_…
-Swift
Do you have a counterproposal? What problem do you
think UTF-8 is trying
to solve?
Oh, heck no! I don't have any wish to wade into that particular swamp full
of alligators. I have no counterproposal and as far as "what problem is
UTF-8 trying to solve?" my repsonse is "too many at once."
People who
complain about twos-compliment being a weird hack ...
I haven't heard that
particular complaint. Got a cite?