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Re:C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte by Remnant44 on Thursday October 17, 2024 @10:08PM (#41875782)
utf8, for essentially the reasons mentioned in this manifesto: https://utf8everywhere.org/
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Re:C++ proposal: There are 8 bits in a byte by josephg on Thursday October 17, 2024 @10:51PM (#41875952)
Yep. Notably supported by go, python3, rust and swift. And probably all new programming languages created from here on.
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