The WTF name really lies on the surface, there's no authoritative source of its origin.
replyI have a wtf.c from 10+ years ago when I was re-implementing Windows-style Unicode handling for some project. You keep running into various quirks, which accumulate and you inevitably arrive at your WTF moment. So WTF as name comes up naturally, no special wit required.
That might be possible, but Simon Sapin was who tried to specify what exactly are WTF encodings so that should mark sort of milestone.
replyThanks! I didn’t know this.
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