Re:Libschrift: A lightweight TrueType font rendering library
by abjKT26nO8 on Tuesday April 21, 2020 @08:01AM
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> UNIX could be simple, because it was targeted for a very small group of people, mostly always using ASCII. Trying to cater to a large group of people will always be complex. And trying to cater to a large group of people is NOT the definition of ‘bloated’.
The main author of UNIX is also the author of UTF-8[1]. The software hosted at suckless.org often isn't very useful and the people associated with the project often aren't very nice, but the comment about the people behind UNIX here is unfounded.
The main author of UNIX is also the author of UTF-8[1]. The software hosted at suckless.org often isn't very useful and the people associated with the project often aren't very nice, but the comment about the people behind UNIX here is unfounded.
[1]: https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~mgk25/ucs/utf-8-history.txt