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Re: filename and normalization (was gcc identifiers)


On 4 Dec 2002, H. Peter Anvin wrote:

> By author:    Jungshik Shin <jshin@xxxxxxxxxxx>

> > How many? It's __infinite__ in theory. In practice, it could
> > be around 1.5 milllion.  That's more than the total number of codepoints
> > available in 20.1 bit coded character set which is ISO 10646/Unicode.

> And people give me funny looks when I tell them not to trust the "20.1
> bits forever" statement from Unicode, just as I didn't trust the
> earlier "16 bits forever" statement...

 Whether you're convinced or not, it's not only in Unicode but also
inscribed in ISO 10646.

  Jungshik Shin

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