Re: Fixed length data types issue - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Alvaro Herrera
Subject Re: Fixed length data types issue
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Msg-id 20060908183903.GY5892@alvh.no-ip.org
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In response to Re: Fixed length data types issue  (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
Responses Re: Fixed length data types issue  (mark@mark.mielke.cc)
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mark@mark.mielke.cc wrote:

> I think I've been involved in a discussion like this in the past. Was
> it mentioned in this list before? Yes the UTF-8 vs UTF-16 encoding
> means that UTF-8 applications are at a disadvantage when using the
> library. UTF-16 is considered more efficient to work with for everybody
> except ASCII users. :-)

Uh, is it?  By whom?  And why?

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