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Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:44:05 +0100
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On 17.11.13 21:38, Dmitry A. Kazakov wrote:
>> It is unfortunate that 7bit engineers can't swallow their pride
>> >and use extended files attributes available with all semi-modern
>> >and modern file systems and archive formats.

> What for? In oder to get silly bugs the OP did?

In order to be able to integrate software (libraries, sources) that
use international characters.

Also, indirectly, in order to help programmers getting acquainted
with the effects of an 8th bit, and with encodings in general.