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* Martin Ebourne <lists@xxxxxxx.xx.xx> [2005-10-17 00:45]: > All languages should handle input and output in all character > sets, but none of them should be written in anything but ASCII. You *can* use ASCII transliterations. %hash<<key>> means the same as %hash«key», and from what I’ve seen there are only a few operators which have a non-ASCII variant at all. > At least for the next 20 years. I would like to agree, but I fear that if we all take this stance then things will be just as broken in 20 years, and 20 years after that, and another 20 later. I18n is one of those things that is going to be so painful until it becomes completely pervasive that I don’t know what else other than forcing breakage might motivate people to get cracking. I really don’t know if Perl6 is making the right decision here or not. It may turn out a disaster. Only time will tell. If nothing else, Perl6 is a grand experiment that people after it will be able to learn a lot from. Its role in life may be to serve as a warning to others… we’ll see what transpires. Regards, -- Aristotle Pagaltzis // <http://plasmasturm.org/>;There's stuff above here
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