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From: Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
Subject: Re: Rationale for aligning data on even bytes in a Unix shell file?
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2025 07:25:18 +0100
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On 29/04/2025 06:36, Bonita Montero wrote:
> Am 29.04.2025 um 01:24 schrieb Richard Heathfield:
>> On 28/04/2025 22:26, Bonita Montero wrote:
>>> Am 28.04.2025 um 20:47 schrieb Richard Harnden:
>>>> On 28/04/2025 19:36, Bonita Montero wrote:
>>>>> Am 28.04.2025 um 18:59 schrieb Scott Lurndal:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Not really.  UTF-8 is UTF-8, regardless of the locale.
>>>>>
>>>>> But UTF-8 isn't the standard locale for Unix filesystems
>>>>> except with macOS.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> UTF-8 isn't a locale - it's an encoding.
>>>
>>> Idiot.
>>> Type "locale" in the shell and thenn return.
>>
>> As David knows and you apparently don't, UTF-8 is an encoding, 
>> not a locale.
>>
>> If you must call people idiots, it's probably wisest to make 
>> sure first that you're on solid ground.
> 
> UTF-8 has a locale, the chars between 128 and 255 have the locale 
> Latin 1.

A dog has a tail, but that doesn't mean a tail is a dog. Whatever 
UTF-8 may or may not have, it's an encoding, not a locale.

David is right, and you are mistaken. If you must call people 
idiots, it's probably wisest to make sure first that you're on 
solid ground.

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Richard Heathfield
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