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Re:UTF-8 is a brilliant design by layer8 on Friday September 12, 2025 @04:51PM (#45226620)
When ASCII was invented, 36-bit computers were popular, which would fit five ASCII characters with just one unused bit per 36-bit word. Before, 6-bit character codes were used, where a 36-bit word could fit six of them.
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