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in thread UTF-8 text files with Byte Order Mark

"If your program doesn't accept BOMs, don't feed it any. BOMs are not required. "

This is a mindbogglingly stupid statement that ignores or even stands on its head the Robustness principle.
Anyone who writes something so inane and so dangerous should be barred for life from software development.

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