bug#11187: fmt: doesn't understand multibyte characters (UTF-8)

"Dmitry E. Oboukhov" <[email protected]> Fri, 6 Mar 2026 10:00:30 +0300

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> In the United States violating copyright is a civil offense... Paul
> is very aware of this, given that Astrolabe filed a lawsuit against
> him

Pffft! A world without struggle, a perfectly groomed world where food
appears whenever you want it, would be boring, dull, and stagnant. In
such a world, the only thing left for a human would be to die. 

We should actually envy Paul — he was entertained by such wonderful
characters as Astrolabe. Ha-ha!

If we are to be a bit more serious: I hope you have heard of the
experiments on mice where the need to struggle for survival was
removed? They all died [1]! Perhaps your 7-bit stagnation is a symptom
of the same "behavioral sink."?

> Should I also ask someone with delusions of grandeur who they think
> God is?

We live in fascinating times! Today we have AI, and you can ask it
about God — any of the known ones, in fact. What’s even better is that
together with the AI, you could invent a *new* god. A Seven-Bit God,
perhaps? 

Worshiping such a deity would allow you to officially reject any
Unicode patches. It’s not a bug; it’s a Taboo! 

It is truly a pity that while the rest of the world is evolving, you
choose to hide behind old lawsuits and "divine" ASCII limitations. 

Best regards,
A herald of the Crystalline Era.

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_B._Calhoun#Mouse_experiments

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