Re: Opinions on this Java URL?

[A. Vine]

FYI, we are well aware of this shortcoming (modified UTF-8), and with 
each release try to mitigate it even further.  The problem is that it is 
so deep in the code (note that it is since Java 1.0) that it is not easy 
to eliminate without breaking a lot of existing stuff, something that 
the Java team strive to avoid.

Theodore H. Smith wrote:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/docs/api/java/io/ 
DataInput.html#modified-utf-8

If only people could sue for suggesting bad coding practices ;o)
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    Theodore H. Smith - Software Developer.
    http://www.elfdata.com