I don't want to know the hoops that the CPU went through to translate this file. All I know is that I didn't have to go through those hoops myself.
Nice story, but those CPU hoops, they don't amount to very much:
C:\test>dir messages.js
20/12/2012 23:59 46,803 messages.js
C:\test>crc32 messages.js
91c9dc22
C:\test>perl -nE"ord()>127 and print for split'', $_" messages.js
C:\test>perl -e "open $fh, '<:encoding(iso88591)', 'messages.js'; $/=u
+ndef; $f = <$fh>; open $out, '>:utf8', 'messages.js.utf8'; print $out
+ $f;"
C:\test>dir messages.*
20/12/2012 23:59 46,803 messages.js
21/12/2012 00:04 46,803 messages.js.utf8
C:\test>perl -nE"ord()>127 and print for split'', $_" messages.js.utf8
C:\test>crc32 messages.js.utf8
91c9dc22
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