I dislike UTF16 for a very simple reason: it's another type of encoding to deal ...

j_baker on Aug 19, 2011 | parent | context | favorite | on: Should UTF-16 be considered harmful?

I dislike UTF16 for a very simple reason: it's another type of encoding to deal with. If I could force the entire world to dump UTF16 and use UTF8, I would. Hell, I'd force everyone to dump UTF8 and use UTF16 if I could too. It's just such a pain in the ass to have to deal with having so many ways of encoding text on the web.