perl and UTF-8

[Pedro Fernandes Macedo]

Anand Buddhdev wrote:

>UTF is the future, and in the long run, it's better if all software
>and systems know about and use UTF. It was a bold step by Redhat to
>make UTF the default way back in version 8, and it caused some
>problems initially, but most problems are now solved. I don't think
>they will change this in the future, and I personally think it's a
>good idea. Just be aware that sed and grep are quite slow in UTF
>environments, and you should run then like this if you know your text
>is ascii:
>
>LANG=C grep ....
>
>  
>
This shouldnt be needed.. I remmember seeing a update announcement for 
grep released some time ago that should fix this on 
fedora-announce-list. If it is still slow , please fill a report on 
bugzilla.

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Pedro Macedo