canpolat to ProgrammingEnglish · 1 year agoWhy lowercase letters save dataendtimes.devexternal-linkmessage-square5fedilinkarrow-up147arrow-down12
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minus-squareSolemarc@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up15·1 year agoWould it be better to use A’s and B’s? We could half the necessary length of a symbol by assigning a certain combination of A’s and B’s to a symbol. And if characters take up too much space we could use 1’s and 0’s instead!
Would it be better to use A’s and B’s? We could half the necessary length of a symbol by assigning a certain combination of A’s and B’s to a symbol. And if characters take up too much space we could use 1’s and 0’s instead!