Dfc optimization

[Ben Wing]

> mswindows-multibyte I don't know from a hole in the ground.  
> URL? (Can you read the MSDN CD-ROM without Windows?  I 
> suppose not....) I would guess that it's probably similar to 
> ISO 2022, specifically CTEXT, in some ways, and that it's 
> ASCII-safe in that sense.

Try msdn.microsoft.com.

The entire book ...

Developing International Software for Windows 95 and Windows NT by Nadine
Kano

[she was a schoolmate of mine!]

... is in there somewhere.  It's extremely dated but the basic discussion
still applies.

You could also look in the Internals manual, where I discuss this stuff.