From: lynnmcguire5@gmail.com   
      
   On 12/24/2025 11:11 AM, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
   > Lynn McGuire  writes:   
   >> On 12/24/2025 12:22 AM, Keith Thompson wrote:   
   >>> Lawrence D’Oliveiro  writes:   
   >>>> On Tue, 18 Nov 2025 14:27:53 -0500, James Kuyper wrote:   
   >>>>> Could you identify which document guarantees that every Unicode locale   
   >>>>> contains "UTF-8"?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> How else would it work? Bytes have to be 8-bit.   
   >>>   
   >>> I can't figure out what point you're trying to make.   
   >>>   
   >>> Obviously bytes in C have to be *at least* 8 bits, but I don't see   
   >>> the relevance.   
   >>>   
   >>> Take a look at the article to which you replied.  How does your   
   >>> followup have anything to do with it?   
   >>>   
   >>> One of several points that you snipped is that locale names can   
   >>> contain the string "utf8", not "UTF-8".   
   >>   
   >> Did C never work on the 6 bit machines such as the Univac 1108 (36 bit)   
   >   
   > Yes, there is a C compiler for the Univac machines.   The byte size is   
   > 9 bits.   
      
   I get the feeling that you are messing with me.  That would be four 9   
   bit characters per 36 bit word.   
      
   But the machinations to store that unnatural 9 bits would be crazy.  I   
   doubt that would be supported in hardware.   
      
   Lynn   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)