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How did Go get "rune"? | Better HN
How did Go get "rune"?
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cptaffe
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The official Go docs say the term rune was introduced for conciseness, but there’s more to it. We dig into the thirty year intertwined history of UTF-8 and “rune,” and hear directly from Rob Pike on the origin.
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