On 12/23/00, Martin Gainty <mgainty@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > the specifics.. > > Some byte oriented protocols expect ASCII characters at the beginning of a > file. > If UTF-8 is used with these protocols, use of the BOM as encoding form > signature should be avoided. Sure, but that isn't true of generic text files, which is one of the major applications of a UTF-8 BOM. Especially when said text files are being fed to something that understands multiple encodings. The other items on that page say as much... ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 5: don't forget to increase your free space map settings
