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Chapter 9: Information Processing Techniques

Most of the algorithms and techniques provided in this chapter make use of the Java APIs,

which provides programmers with exceptional internationalization support. Providing C

or C++ examples that make use of the locale model or multiple-byte and wide character

data structures is not very useful because many compilers still do not support them (en-

suring nonportability from day one). Programmers who use C or C++ generally resort to

writing their own input and output mechanisms for handling issues such as representing

two or more bytes as a single character. If you are a programmer, I encourage you to ex-

plore the Java programming language.

C/C++

Most CJKV-capable programs today are still written in C or C++. e wide availability of

C/C++ compilers has made this possible, along with the still-stellar performance of the

executables that result. However, because of the weak or nonexistent support for interna-

tionalization in such compilers, C/C++ may no longer the best choice for some purposes

and applications.

It is important to understand, or at least appreciate, the programming paradigms and

structures oered by C/C++ because they have been instrumental in forming the founda-

tions for the seemingly more contemporary programming languages, covered next. Many

of their programming constructs, such as conditional statements and lo ...