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From: Xah Lee <xah...@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: those funny non-ASCII characters
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 14:06:33 -0700 (PDT)
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Xah wrote
> > =E3=80=88Unicode BOM Byte Order Mark Hack=E3=80=89 http://xahlee.org/co=
mp/unicode_BOM_byte_orde_mark.html
>
> > http://www.unicode.org/faq/utf_bom.html#bom1

On Jun 1, 9:26=C2=A0am, rusi <rustompm...@gmail.com> wrote:

> See http://www.unicode.org/versions/Unicode5.0.0/ch02.pdf
> (pg 36) "Use of a BOM is neither required nor recommended for UTF-8,
> but may
> be encountered in contexts where UTF-8 data is converted from other
> encoding forms..."
>
> More specifically the non-recommendation of bom: http://www.unicode.org/f=
aq/utf_bom.html
> "Note that some recipients of UTF-8 encoded data do not expect a BOM.
> Where UTF-8 is used transparently in 8-bit environments, the use of a
> BOM will interfere with any protocol or file format that expects
> specific ASCII characters at the beginning, such as the use of "#!" of
> at the beginning of Unix shell scripts. "

didn't i mention these 2 points exactly in the link i gave??

 Xah