Re: Why is utf8 the default in D?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Mon, 27 Apr 2009 07:04:06 -0400, Frank Benoit  
<keinfarb...@googlemail.com> wrote:

M$ and Java have chosen to use utf16 as their default Unicode character
encoding. I am sure, the decision was not made without good reasoning.
What are their arguments?
Why does D propagate utf8 as the default?

E.g.
Exception.msg
Object.toString()
new std.stream.File( char[] )


I would expect the answer was to be compatible with C, utf8 seamlessly  
implements ASCII.

-Steve