Interesting Characters

Explore the fascinating world of Unicode and character encodings in this engaging ACCU 2021 conference talk. Delve into the intricacies of various character sets, with a primary focus on Unicode, while also touching upon Latin-n family, GB18030, and EBCDIC. Discover interesting characters that illuminate the workings of different encodings, and gain insights into the strengths and weaknesses of UTF-16 and UTF-8. By the end of this hour-long presentation, develop a deeper understanding of character encoding systems and potentially find your own favorite Unicode character. Join Andy Balaam, an enthusiastic coder and speaker, as he shares his excitement about the unexpected fun and usefulness of Unicode in programming.