Re^3: Determine encoding of STDOUT

If I want a portable program, I’ll generate Unicode output.

If I want a non-portable program, I’ll generate output in some non-portable, legacy vendor encoding.

I never ever do the second.

It’s a shame that Microsoft is still lagging behind on proper Unicode support, but that is hardly Perl’s fault. Perl makes it easy to write portable programs, and bending over backwards to accomodate Microsoft-only idio(t)syncrasies seems like a self-limiting and very niche environment.

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Re^4: Determine encoding of STDOUT by ikegami (Patriarch) on May 04, 2011 at 18:44 UTC
It’s a shame that Microsoft is still lagging behind on proper Unicode support, It's great outside the console, but I agree about the console. Microsoft's lack of attention to the shell and related features is disappointing to say the least. bending over backwards to accomodate Microsoft-only idio(t)syncrasies Baseless bashing. Unix has locales too. It's not Microsoft's fault that the following doesn't work on Windows: `use open IO => ':locale';` [download]	[reply] [d/l]
Re^4: Determine encoding of STDOUT by Anonymous Monk on May 04, 2011 at 18:28 UTC
Microsoft-only ... a self-limiting and very niche environment. 85% of installations world wide is a strange, some might say blinkered, definition of "niche".	[reply]