As the world gets smaller each day, internationalization becomes more and more important. For handling multiple languages, [[Unicode]] is your best friend.
It is a very capable tool, but also quite complex compared to older single- and double-byte character encodings.
How well prepared is your programming language for Unicode?
;Task:
Discuss and demonstrate its unicode awareness and capabilities.
Some suggested topics:
:* How easy is it to present Unicode strings in source code?
:* Can Unicode literals be written directly, or be part of identifiers/keywords/etc?
:* How well can the language communicate with the rest of the world?
:* Is it good at input/output with Unicode?
:* Is it convenient to manipulate Unicode strings in the language?
:* How broad/deep does the language support Unicode?
:* What encodings (e.g. UTF-8, UTF-16, etc) can be used?
:* Does it support normalization?
;Note:
This task is a bit unusual in that it encourages general discussion rather than clever coding.
;See also:
* [[Unicode variable names]]
* [[Terminal control/Display an extended character]]