I didn't say Perl doesn't support Unicode. You're putting words in my mouth. Look closely at what I said.

Is it true or is it not true that Perl is not using utf8 encodings natively? The very fact that one must tease Perl into using utf8, and the very fact that its developers still see security risks in its use are rather indicative of the fact that Perl is still a ways from fully adopting it.

Regarding "use utf8;", is there any other incantation which Perl uses for embedding utf8 characters in one's code? As far as I know, this is still the standard way to tell Perl one's code includes utf8 characters. If that means, then, that there are legitimate security risks with putting UTF8 in my code, perhaps I should start learning Python, as the "Polyglot" username is indicative of the type of programming I do.

Blessings,

~Polyglot~

In reply to Re^3: Converting Unicode by Polyglot
in thread Converting Unicode by BernieC

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