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:: Yes, I was aware. ASCII '03'x is so primative. <big><big><big> ☻ </big></big></big> -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 16:47, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
:Specifying a "character" without also specifying an encoding is pretty vague, but I don't necessarily think that is always a bad thing. In this particular task, I think is it somewhat useful to leave it up to interpretation since that way it doesn't lock out languages that may not be so modern encoding aware (Unicode) but also doesn't constrain unnecessarily the one that are. It might be useful to encourage some verbiage in each languages task entry ''about'' any such constraints or abilities, but I am somewhat against enforcing any particular encoding. Rather err on the side of inclusivity and deal with some fuzzy definitions than enforce rigid compliance and remove room to explore. As a point of fact, I took some pains to demonstrate in these tasks how my particular favorite language deals with some thorny issues when dealing with multi-byte utf-8 encoded Unicode. (Such as Unicode equivalence. :-) )
:<blockquote>''Quote'' As an aside, I always thought of ''Thundergnat'' as quite the character, but he is much more than 8 bits... ''End Quote''</blockquote>
:I resemble that remark. --[[User:Thundergnat|Thundergnat]] ([[User talk:Thundergnat|talk]]) 23:47, 30 October 2019 (UTC)
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