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Re^2: UTF-8 text files with Byte Order Mark

by Anonymous Monk
on Jul 24, 2019 at 20:56 UTC ( [id://11103334]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to Re: UTF-8 text files with Byte Order Mark
in thread UTF-8 text files with Byte Order Mark

"If your program doesn't accept BOMs, don't feed it any. BOMs are not required. "

This is a mindbogglingly stupid statement that ignores or even stands on its head the Robustness principle.
Anyone who writes something so inane and so dangerous should be barred for life from software development.

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