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Why do Java classfiles (and JNI) use a "Frankenstein's monster" encoding crossing UTF-8 and UTF-16?
It seems like using either UTF-16 or UTF-8 would have been a lot more straightforward than what Java decided on for storing strings in classfiles and JNI payloads. It is a monstrosity that combines aspects of UTF-16 and UTF-8 formats. Is there any…
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Are there public tools for developing homebrew Java games for the Nokia 2760?
The Nokia 2760 is a clamshell mobile phone released in 2007 which advertised its Java game support. Ten years ago it was still a very popular phone. There were a number of games either preinstalled or available as an add-on. But was/is it also…
Peter B.
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