On Mon, 28 Oct 2013 08:26:31 -0500, John McKown wrote:

>Although many will likely disagree, I rather like that Java decided on
>using Unicode internally for all character data. The I/O subsystem
>translates that to the "native" encoding on input and output.
> 
No, Java decided to use a 16-bit subset of Unicode internally, with
attendant, sometimes unpleasant, consequences.

-- gil

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