Re^6: Best technique to code/decode binary data for inter-machine communication?

WOW, I like that shorthand format, N/(N/a*)* and N/(n/a*)* , look very flexible for future encoding/decoding uses.

Until you apply some form of encode/decoding operation to a file or data stream, anything you read is just a bunch of bytes.

This was my take also!

Unicode is a f*** up!

Agreed! I haven't looked at this much, but the spec says '22 bits', but Perl code seems to use '24 bits' for each character with the high-order bits being '00'. Whether other implementations do the same I don't know, but seems like too much room for mis-interpretation.

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Re^7: Best technique to code/decode binary data for inter-machine communication? by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 16, 2012 at 18:20 UTC
I like that shorthand format, N/(N/a)* and N/(n/a) , look very flexible for future encoding/decoding uses.* See also Mystery! Logical explanation or just Satan's work?. the spec says '22 bits', but Perl code seems to use '24 bits' for each character with the high-order bits being '00'. utf-8 is a variable width encoding. Each character can require from 1 to 4() bytes. (Or 6 bytes depending upon the wind direction and the phases of the moon().) <smaller>(which moon is left unspecified :)</smaller> With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday' Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error. "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority". In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice. The start of some sanity?	[reply]

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Re^7: Best technique to code/decode binary data for inter-machine communication?
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on Aug 16, 2012 at 18:20 UTC

I like that shorthand format, N/(N/a*)* and N/(n/a*)* , look very flexible for future encoding/decoding uses.

the spec says '22 bits', but Perl code seems to use '24 bits' for each character with the high-order bits being '00'.

utf-8 is a variable width encoding. Each character can require from 1 to 4(*) bytes.

(*Or 6 bytes depending upon the wind direction and the phases of the moon(**).)

<smaller>(**which moon is left unspecified :)</smaller>

With the rise and rise of 'Social' network sites: 'Computers are making people easier to use everyday'

Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.

"Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".

In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.

The start of some sanity?

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