character-encoding

UTF-8000 is a proposed extension to UTF-8 that allows for arbitrarily large code units while preserving UTF-8 properties, presented as a standalone project with a reference implementation.

The article explains the origins of 'ghost characters' in Unicode, which stemmed from cataloging errors in the 1978 JIS X 0208 standard and have since been integrated into computer systems worldwide.

The article explains the design of the ASCII table, specifically why there is a gap between uppercase and lowercase letters, highlighting how this structure facilitates efficient case conversion using bitwise operations.