q: how to output a unicode string?

[Richard Brodie]

"Frank Stajano" <usenet423.4.fms at neverbox.com> wrote in message 
news:f0o0qs$918$1 at gemini.csx.cam.ac.uk...

> I find the encode/decode terminology somewhat confusing, because arguably both sides are 
> "encoded". For example, a unicode-encoded string (I mean a sequence of unicode code 
> points) should count as "decoded" in the terminology of this framework, right?

Yes. Unicode is the one true Universal Character Set, and everything else
(including  ASCII and UTF-8) is a mere encoding. Once you've got your head
round that, things may make more sense.