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dspillett
on Sept 9, 2024
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Windows NT vs. Unix: A design comparison
Not even UTF16. Just UCS2 for a long time.
deathanatos
on Sept 10, 2024
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Windows, I believe, is WTF-16. It permits surrogates (e.g., you can stick an emoji in a filename) — thus it cannot be UCS-2. It permits unpaired surrogates — thus it cannot be UTF-16.
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