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> Unicode is simply a 16-bit code - Some people are under the misconception that Unicode is simply a 16-bit code where each character takes 16 bits and therefore there are 65,536 possible characters. This is not, actually, correct. It is the single most common myth about Unicode, so if you thought that, don't feel bad.

Verity Stob has a great column

https://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/10/04/verity_stob_unicode...

where she says that it is wrong to call this a myth, since that was how it was originally designed. It is better characterized as being obsolete, rather than a myth.

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It's a myth about the current version of Unicode.

Whether it's true about some obsolete version is hair-splitting at this point.