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왜 ASCII에서 소문자는 대문자 바로 뒤에 오지 않을까?

Why it matters

The intentional 32-bit gap in ASCII encoding illustrates a masterclass in low-level optimization, where hardware constraints necessitated clever bitwise design for character manipulation. As Unicode maintains this original mapping, it remains a vital lesson in how foundational engineering decisions continue to provide computational efficiency in modern software architecture.

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