Re^2: avoid writing 'use utf8' in every script

[Jim]

Q. In your UTF-8 Perl script, which characters in the subroutine name "smiley" aren't Unicode characters?

A. None of them. In fact, every character in your Perl script is a Unicode character.

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(The Perl documentation is inaccurate. It uses the word "Unicode" incorrectly in the sentence you quoted.)

Jim

[roboticus]

Update: I replied to the wrong post. It should've been to Re^2: avoid writing 'use utf8' in every script, making this lame joke even lamer. If anyone with "movenodeability" wants to transplant this reply, it would be appreciated!

tobyink:

Odd, I always thought

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resembled the Kanji for Simiru, as in Simiru, Mirikuru gaaru!

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...roboticus

Unicode: Making a job hard to do correctly (like i18n) nearly freakin' impossible.