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|    Message 988 of 1,237    |
|    Maurice Kinal to Nick Boel    |
|    40 Cups of Coffee    |
|    05 Apr 25 17:07:54    |
      MSGID: 1:153/7001.2989 67f1636a       CHRS: UTF-8 4       Hey Nick!               > Are we missing one here?              Now that you mention it I don't see UTF-8 in /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules but       it still shows up in 'iconv --list'. So far a search hasn't yielded any       information about this other than one that reports missing LATIN1 which isn't       an issue with glibc-2.41 from what I see here. UTF-8 does work despite this       flaw.               > when are we making the jump to UTF-16?              Heh, heh. Ask Bill Gates why that should be avoided.              If you are seriously asking, the reason it should be avoided is that UTF-16,       as well as UTF-32, are not compatible with ASCII, whereas the first 128 codes       of UTF-8 *are* ASCII and will produce standard text messages as this nonreply       is evidence of.              Life is good,       Maurice               o- o- -o -o o- -o -o -o o- -o o- o- -o o- o- -o       /) /) (\ (\ /) (\ (\ (\ /) (\ /) /) (\ /) /) (\       ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^       ... Fidonet 4K - You load sixteen penguins and what do you get?       --- GNU bash, version 5.2.37(1)-release (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu)        * Origin: One of us @ (1:153/7001.2989)       SEEN-BY: 103/705 104/119 105/81 106/201 120/616 124/5016 128/187 153/757       SEEN-BY: 153/7001 7715 154/10 30 50 110 700 203/0 218/700 220/20 90       SEEN-BY: 221/0 6 226/18 30 44 227/114 229/110 114 206 300 317 400       SEEN-BY: 229/426 428 470 664 700 705 240/1120 5832 266/512 280/464       SEEN-BY: 280/5003 291/111 292/8125 301/1 310/31 320/219 322/757 341/66       SEEN-BY: 341/234 342/200 396/45 460/58 467/888 633/267 280 384 410       SEEN-BY: 633/418 509 2744 712/848 770/1 902/26 2320/105 3634/12 5020/400       SEEN-BY: 5075/35       PATH: 153/7001 154/10 280/464 633/280 229/426           |
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