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Hey Maurice!

On Sat, Apr 05 2025 12:07:54 -0500, you wrote:

 > Now that you mention it I don't see UTF-8 in 
 > /usr/lib/gconv/gconv-modules but it still shows up in 'iconv --list'.  
 > So far a search hasn't yielded any information about this other than 
 > one that reports missing LATIN1 which isn't an issue with glibc-2.41 
 > from what I see here.  UTF-8 does work despite this flaw.

And it proves that you're still around and kickin'. You've been fairly quiet
recently (besides the character set list) so I was checking up on you.

 > Heh, heh.  Ask Bill Gates why that should be avoided.

Does this have to do with 640k being enough memory for anyone?

 > If you are seriously asking, the reason it should be avoided is that 
 > UTF-16, as well as UTF-32, are not compatible with ASCII, whereas the 
 > first 128 codes of UTF-8 *are* ASCII and will produce standard text 
 > messages as this nonreply is evidence of.

I definitely wasn't serious, and know exactly why. I just didn't see UTF-8 on
the list of character sets you pasted, so figured maybe it was coming time to
move on. ;)

Regards,
Nick

... Sarcasm: because beating people up is illegal.
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