Re: Fast UTF-8 strlen function


On 2005-05-17 BethStone21@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx said:

> ...if there wasn't software that only accepts 7-bit data (and
> people insisting that everything should be sent "7-bit" all the
> time...happily wasting 1 bit in every byte - because they are
> all bloody 8-bits now (the 7 bit and 9 bit byte are basically
> dead) - because they are still living in 1952 in their own minds)
> then there'd be no point to UTF-7...

You really don't know too much about the inner workings of
Internet, do you, Beth.

> ...look at ASCII, it has "control characters" for controlling
> "dumb terminals" and that kind of nonsense...it's lived on way
> beyond that...

You really don't know too much about the inner workings of
large, computerized, networked workplaces, do you, Beth.

> [ ... 200+ lines drivel-snipped ... ]
>
> ah, here in Wales, it's easy to pronounce the Welsh words and
> names on the signs, once you master the "ll" and "ch" sounds
> because the language is entirely phonetic.
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Yes. It's based on a particular ((( `\
dialect of Sheep, isn't it? _ _`\ )
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