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Re:Giving you more characters by benguild on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @02:24AM (#15345341)
Yeah, you can type a lot more in Japanese. Most characters stand for at least two US characters, which is most likely how they came up with the 2x decision.
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Re:Giving you more characters by Mithaldu on Wednesday September 27, 2017 @03:06AM (#15345504)
Sadly that is not going to be sufficient. Japanese uses very few context indicators and thus as a whole is a lot shorter.
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