Re:Things Every Hacker Once Knew
by pdonis on Friday September 29, 2023 @08:05PM
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> ASCII is a character set, it doesn't define the on-disk representation.
ASCII is both a character set and an encoding. The encoding specifies 8 bits per character with the high bit clear. Every file encoded this way is also valid UTF-8. That's what the article's statement meant.
ASCII is both a character set and an encoding. The encoding specifies 8 bits per character with the high bit clear. Every file encoded this way is also valid UTF-8. That's what the article's statement meant.