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> The very fact that UTF-8 itself discouraged from using the BOM is just so alien to me. Adding a BOM makes it incompatible with ASCII, which is one of the ben

> The very fact that UTF-8 itself discouraged from using the BOM is just so alien to me. Adding a BOM makes it incompatible with ASCII, which is one of the benefits of using UTF-8.

7bit 8mo ago
Another one who fails to read past my first sentence...
- wtetzner 8mo ago
  I read past your first sentence, but ASCII is used by non English speaking countries for many things. Source code, for one.