Here's a twist. Under perl 5.8.0, compiled for cygwin, you program works fine if and only if use strict; is present.

On the other hand, if use strict is commented out, I get this bizarre error:

"my" variable $strict::VERSION can't be in a package at lib/strict.pm 
+line 93, near "$strict::VERSION "
Compilation failed in require at lib/utf8_heavy.pl line 2.
BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at lib/utf8_heavy.pl line 2.
Compilation failed in require at lib/utf8.pm line 17.
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