John O'Conner wrote:
>
> Anyone notice the new product from MS called C# (C-sharp)? It is a
> Java-like language...appears to be the Java-like product available via
> J++ a while back. I noticed its character specs. A char is a 16-bit
> Unicode code point...no UTF-32, no 32-bit Unicode value.
They're probably sticking to 16-bit units for binary compatibility with
existing libraries. See the "Common Language Runtime" stuff in the
following:
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1003-200-2154069.html?tag=st.ne.1430735..ni
UTF-16 is somewhat harder to use than UTF-32, but it does save some
memory...
Erik
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