Comment by gpvos
6 hours ago
That would make the calculations more complicated and a little slower. Now you can do a few quick bit shifts. This was more of an issue back in the '90s when UTF-8 was designed and computers were slower.
6 hours ago
That would make the calculations more complicated and a little slower. Now you can do a few quick bit shifts. This was more of an issue back in the '90s when UTF-8 was designed and computers were slower.
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