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[Ruslan Zasukhin]

On 1/4/05 4:41 PM, "jda" <jda at his.com> wrote:

> I can't let this pass -- UTF-16 and UTF-8 are both good, and each is
> better *at different things*. For Roman languages with the occasional
> accented character, UTF-8 is much more efficient!

For storage, Jon. But not for algorithms.

I can ensure you that REALBasic send UTF8 strings to OS X.
OS X convert them to UTF16, do required operation and return result.


> For Asian languages
> UTF-16 is more efficient. As a developer, you know what is best for
> you and your users, and you should be able to chose accordingly. For
> me, that's UTF-8.

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Best regards,
Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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