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@Buttons@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 2 years ago

The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)

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The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)

www.joelonsoftware.com

@Buttons@programming.dev to Programming@programming.devEnglish • 2 years ago
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  • @lasagna@programming.dev
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    2•2 years ago

    I would take this with a grain of salt. None of the programming languages I have used require this level of in-depth knowledge. Certainly not modern C++.

    • @Buttons@programming.devOP
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      3•2 years ago

      It’s still true that if you have a bunch of bytes and don’t know their encoding, you don’t really know what characters you have.

    • The Bard in GreenA
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      4•2 years ago

      Did you see the date on the article?

      • @lasagna@programming.dev
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        No. I can only read date in the YYYY/MM/DD format.

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