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> do automagic things instead of pushing for people to understand extentions A file name extension is a convenience for human-computer communication but insuff
by adolph 2y ago
> do automagic things instead of pushing for people to understand extentions
A file name extension is a convenience for human-computer communication but insufficient metadata about a file to process without inspection. Examples include BOM, Exif.
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2223882/whats-the-difference-between-utf-8-and-utf-8-with-bom https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2223882/whats-the-differ...
https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/file-system-metadata https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/computer-science/file-s...