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Why char type in java is is having 2 byte of memory?

Bhavesh Sangwan
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I mean prior to java, all programming languages were using only 1 byte of memory for CHAR datatype. Then why java offered 2 bytes..?
Ulf Dittmer
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Prior to Java, no programming language supported Unicode easily; Java does, thus allowing you to handle text in most of this planet's languages and scripts without much work on your part. Pretty cool, huh?

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Campbell Ritchie
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And to add to what Ulf said, when Java was first developed, all Unicode characters occupied 16 bits = 2 bytes.
 
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