C++ strings: UTF-8 or 16-bit encoding?

Question

I\'m still trying to decide whether my (home) project should use UTF-8 strings (implemented in terms of std::string with additional UTF-8-specific functions when necessary) or s

Answer 1

MicroATX is pretty much a standard PC motherboard format, most capable of 4-8 GB of RAM. If you're talking picoATX maybe you're limited to 1-2 GB RAM. Even then that's plenty for a development environment. I'd still stick with UTF-8 for reasons mentioned above, but memory shouldn't be your concern.