unicode support

[Jürgen Exner]

xah at xahlee.org wrote:
> # -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
> # python supports unicode in source code by putting a coding
> declaration
> # as the first line.

So?

> In perl, support of unicode is very flaky. The language does not
> support it, but packages that changes behaviors of string handling (in
> its regex, for instance.)

Really? You may want to check your sources. They seem to be a little bit 
outdated, like several years old?

jue