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234 points darccio | 1 comments | 13 Oct 25 07:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.215s | source

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bmn__ ◴[22 Oct 25 14:56 UTC] No.45670100[source]▶

FTA:

> Runes correspond to code points in Go, which are between 1 and 4 bytes long.

That's the dumbest thing I've read in this month. Why did they use the wrong word, sowing confusion¹, when any other programming language and the Unicode standard uses the correct expression "code point"?

¹ https://codepoints.net/runic already exists

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commandersaki ◴[22 Oct 25 23:20 UTC] No.45676397[source]▶

>>45670100 #

Seeing as two of the authors designed utf8 (or at least concurrent to others), I think it’s safe to defer to their expertise and nomenclature here.

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1. bmn__ ◴[23 Oct 25 08:14 UTC] No.45679446[source]▶

>>45676397 #

http://enwp.org/Appeal_to_accomplishment

Your use of the fallacy falls short of the reasoning standard expected here on HN. I did not downvote you, because I'd rather engage with words and effect change, but it does not surprise me that someone else did.

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