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From Scala to Roc with Monica McGuigan

Software Unscripted

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Understanding Unicode and String Handling

This chapter explores the complexities of Unicode and its impact on string management in programming languages, addressing character representation and the challenges of emojis. It emphasizes the need for clear abstractions and introduces a new string library that works with UTF-8 bytes to minimize encoding issues and edge case bugs.

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