Comment by gpvos
That would make the calculations more complicated and a little slower. Now you can do a few quick bit shifts. This was more of an issue back in the '90s when UTF-8 was designed and computers were slower.
That would make the calculations more complicated and a little slower. Now you can do a few quick bit shifts. This was more of an issue back in the '90s when UTF-8 was designed and computers were slower.