mingw-w64 proposed changes to the triplet

[Kevin Kofler]

H. Peter Anvin wrote:
> I think it's more than that.  They're deeply (and I mean *deeply*) in
> denial that UTF-16 isn't a 16-bit fixed-length character set, because
> they set up *so much* around it.

That (that they're using UTF-16 the way they should be using UTF-32) is
really another issue (which has sadly spread to other stuff, e.g. Java and
Qt). Their "Not Invented Here" attitude towards UTF-8 is the bigger issue.

        Kevin Kofler