in reply to Unicode in Perl
Why should I need to learn Unicode programming in Perl.
Have a read of The Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!) .
If you then decide that you want to learn how to use unicode in Perl take a look at UTF-8 and Perl (In Five Minutes) and Why Perl loves utf-8.
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