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   Wolfgang Agnes to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: Upcoming gfortran 15 will contain un   
   23 Nov 24 09:18:11   
   
   From: wagnes@example.com   
      
   Lynn McGuire  writes:   
      
   > On 11/9/2024 5:57 AM, Thomas Koenig wrote:   
      
   [...]   
      
   >> Most certainly not:   
   >> $ echo $LANG   
   >> de_DE.UTF-8   
   >> Haven't seen anything but UTF-8 in a long time.   
   >   
   > Come over here to Windows.  UTF-16 is the name of the game.  It is a   
   > total pain.   
      
   How about UCS-2?  Have you seen it?  I find UCS-2 when I use   
   write-sequence from Common Lisp on the Windows Console.   
      
   > Microsoft is rumored to be working on a UTF-8 API for Win32 / Win64.   
   > I will believe it when I see it.   
      
   Same here.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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