From: Bonita.Montero@gmail.com   
      
   Am 06.12.2025 um 18:33 schrieb Scott Lurndal:   
   > Michael Sanders  writes:   
   >> Am I close? Missing anything you'd consider to be (or not) needed?   
   > Technically, there is no such thing as a "binary" file.   All files   
   > are simply sequences of bytes with no format implied.  Interpretation   
   > of the file content is purely application dependent.   
   >   
   > C-based applications have certain restrictions on text format   
   > due to the use of the ASCII NUL code as a string terminator, but   
   > that's C.   The content of a text file processed by a different   
   > language, or by C using application-defined string containers   
   > can easily contain a NUL byte yet still be considered "text"   
   > if that distinction is necessary.   
   >   
   > Because of C/C++, a valid UTF-8 encoding will not include   
   > the NUL byte.   
      
   You're a philosopher of language because you can't handle ambiguity. But   
   C is ambiguous at this point.   
      
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