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Bomstrip is a very simple tool that removes BOM's (byte-order-marks)
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from utf-8 files. Actually, it is a set of tools that all do the same
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thing, but - for added entertainment value - in multiple programming
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languages (python, c, java, brainfuck, ook!, perl, sed, postscript,
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pascal, unlambda, limbo, haskell, ocaml, php, ruby). You want to always
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have this tool within hand-reach, no matter where you are and which
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compilers/interpreters you keep close to you.
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Each tool reads from stdin and writes to stdout. It accepts no options
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or arguments. It never writes into files directly. All files are public
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domain. It exists for the purpose of noting how stupid BOM's in utf-8
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files are.
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Oh, in case you didn't know yet: utf-8 does not have byte-ordering
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issues, so there is absolutely no need to have three bytes (the
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utf-8-BOM) that do not say anything about the byte-order (since there
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is nothing to say).
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Author: Mechiel Lukkien <mechiel@ueber.net>
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WWW: http://www.ueber.net/who/mjl/projects/bomstrip/
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