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Re:TIL the assumption that string length does not change whe... by dotancohen on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @01:44AM (#29315186) 

  > Unicode doesn't exist to standardize the world's languages to a
  > representationthat programmers enjoy. It exists to encode all
  > the world's languages *as they are*.
Thank you for this terrific quote that I'm going to have to upset managers and clients with. This is the eloquence that I've been striving to express for a decade.
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Re:TIL the assumption that string length does not change whe... by JohnHaugeland on Tuesday November 23, 2021 @02:08AM (#29315331)
Very kind words. Thank you.
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