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Ned Batchelder: Pragmatic Unicode
Unicode
Unicode was designed to deal decisively with the issues with older character codes. Unicode assigns integers, known as code points, to characters. It has room for 1.1 million code points, and only 110,000 are already assigned, so there’s plenty of room for future…
What Is The Difference Between A String And A Byte String?
The only thing that a computer can store is bytes
The only thing that a computer can store is bytes. To store anything in a computer, you must first encode it, i.e. convert it to bytes. For example: If you want to store music, you must first encode it using MP3, WAV, etc. If you want to store a picture, you must first encode…