ASCII (7-Bit) is the only widely understood charset there is. Everything beyond this point depends on the loaded charset.
The fact that unicode maps the lower 7 bits to its own character set is a nice touch but none of the unicode sets are plain text.
Unicode are multibyte characters with variable byte length and endianess at play. If you read it wrong or guess the length wrong your results might be anything but useful.
The fact that unicode maps the lower 7 bits to its own character set is a nice touch but none of the unicode sets are plain text.
Unicode are multibyte characters with variable byte length and endianess at play. If you read it wrong or guess the length wrong your results might be anything but useful.