tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post4103859505343362217..comments2022-06-29T08:53:03.580+02:00Comments on Compas Pascal: Goodbye UTF-16Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-78264146724001502342008-05-07T10:46:00.000+02:002008-05-07T10:46:00.000+02:00@Patrick: I consider UTF-16 really annoying. It ex...@Patrick: I consider UTF-16 really annoying. It exists as UTF-16LE and UTF-16BE, which means that you need to convert when exporting/importing data, and it's a variable-length character encoding, using 2 or 4 bytes per Unicode code point.<BR/><BR/>UTF-8 is also a variable-length character encoding, but at least it's universal and only exists in one version. Also, it's ascii compatible.<BR/><BR/>ILars Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217303713945608384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-16053537759940802082008-05-06T17:23:00.000+02:002008-05-06T17:23:00.000+02:00You have missed the point. This is another point f...You have missed the point. This is another point for inappropriate use of the statistic. The original author had made no such statements, on the contrary…<BR/>Graph does not show that UTF-16 goes away. It is only proves that people are more and more following the standards.<BR/>Only people who would be affected/use UTF-16 are one in colors other then red and blue, and graph shows that it stays Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-67371366983844042092008-05-06T14:27:00.000+02:002008-05-06T14:27:00.000+02:00Erhm? The GoogleBlog didn't really mention the amo...Erhm? The GoogleBlog didn't really mention the amount of UTF-16 usage in their measurements, so you can't determine if it's use is declining!<BR/><BR/>Also, clasifying UTF-16 as a technology of the past is a bit strange, given that it's just another encoding of the same Unicode codepoints that UTF-8 represents. (USC-2 and lots of Ansi codepages are going downhill, I give you that.)<BR/><BR/>And Patrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00573028757978933821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-18698131778153234492008-05-06T08:36:00.000+02:002008-05-06T08:36:00.000+02:00I know lots of website providers that have gone ut...I know lots of website providers that have gone utf-8 in order to service customers from all kinds of places. Blogger, for instance, uses utf-8 by default, and even local website providers like <A HREF="http://www.surftown.dk/" REL="nofollow">surftown.dk</A> use utf-8.<BR/><BR/>Even <A HREF="http://www.destructor.de/firebird/charsets.htm" REL="nofollow">Firebird does not support other Unicode Lars Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06217303713945608384noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4434108347727659251.post-27854588368889305912008-05-06T00:44:00.000+02:002008-05-06T00:44:00.000+02:00What seems to be clear from the chart is that peop...What seems to be clear from the chart is that people who previously posted ascii pages have just marked them as utf-8, since for ascii (and ascii chrs 0-127 only), the two are interchangable.<BR/><BR/>Does it mean utf-8 has suddenly seen a huge surge in support? I doubt it. More likely, it repesents a surge in the number of people putting utf-8 in their html headers for english ascii pages Xepolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07501635065767343244noreply@blogger.com