| Java Articles » Language » Characters |
| 1. An in-depth look at Java's character type | |
| Author: | Chuck McManis |
| URL: | http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-01-1998/jw-01-indepth.html? |
| Summary: | Some aspects of the Java language look like C but differ in significant ways. One of the most fundamental of these is the representation of characters. What started for me as a simple question "Why is PrintStream, the stream used by Java to output characters to the Java log, being replaced in 1.1?" became a journey into the depths of the murky land of character sets. Join me as I touch on the highlights of my experience. (3,800 words) |