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Re:Writing UTF-8 Programs in Plan 9 by ynfnehf on Sunday February 27, 2022 @06:26AM (#30487302)
How is that any different than reversing the English digraphs? "th", "ch", "wh", etc. Reversing English doesn't usually produce something meaningful either.
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Re:Writing UTF-8 Programs in Plan 9 by nerdponx on Sunday February 27, 2022 @09:56AM (#30488988)
Some languages consider (or used to consider) "ch" as a single "letter".
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Re:Writing UTF-8 Programs in Plan 9 by lifthrasiir on Sunday February 27, 2022 @06:32AM (#30487332)
You are entirely correct that that K&R exercise is flawed in the first place. I'm more concerned about the language-specific rules for (somehow) reversing a text therefore.
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