Berkeley CSUA MOTD:Entry 14821
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1998/10/24-25 [Computer/SW/OS/Windows] UID:14821 Activity:high
10/23   Does Win3.1/95/NT use single-byte or double-byte characters
        internally?  Thanks.
        \_ 3.1 uses single-byte
           \_ Others don't; it may depend on the version of NT, though.
        \_ WinNT uses Unicode internally (Win32), which is double-byte.  Win95
           supports most of the specs of Win32, but because of its Win3.1
           heritage, uses ANSI strings, which are usually single-byte. -jctwu
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