[fpc-pascal] Re: source code UTF8 with BOM problems ?

[Mattias Gaertner]

On Mon, 22 Mar 2010 12:43:43 -0500
Luis Fernando Del Aguila Mejía <luis3000 at ec-red.com> wrote:

> Another question. 
> For write programs in console or mode text.
> For the source code. What charsets is appropriate to use with Free Pascal?
> 
> a) ASCII (7 bits)
> b) iso-8859-1
> c) Windows-1252
> d) IBM 850
> e) Unicode-UTF8

every one. whatever you like. whatever fits best.

 
> if your answer is (a), then :
> What disadvantages does use the Unicode-UTF8?

what platform do you develop, what are your target platforms?

 
Mattias