ASCII only source files should be considered legacy in my opinion. I too prefer having function, variable and keywords in ascii as there is generally little to

ASCII only source files should be considered legacy in my opinion. I too prefer having function, variable and keywords in ascii as there is generally little to no ambiguity about what the character is or how it’s typed, but not being able to assign strings meaningful values in source code or add comments with meaningful and readable text for the domain of your program is an unnecessary burden.