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    <p>I'm looking into new languages, kind of craving for one where I no longer need to worry about charset problems amongst inordinate amounts of other niggles I have with PHP for a new project.</p> <p>I tend to find Java too verbose and messy, and my not wanting to touch Windows with a 6-foot pole tends to rule out .Net. That leaves essentially everything else -- except PHP, C and C++ (the latter two of which I know get messy with unicode stuff irrespective of the ICU library).</p> <p>I've short listed a few languages to date, namely Ruby (loved the mixins), Python, Lisp and Javascript (node.js). However, I'm coming with highly <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/6162484/why-does-modern-perl-avoid-utf-8-by-default">inconsistent</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1416215/which-programming-languages-were-designed-with-unicode-support-from-the-beginning">information</a> <a href="http://blog.grayproductions.net/articles/understanding_m17n" rel="nofollow noreferrer">on</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/1036585/unicode-support-in-various-programming-languages">unicode</a> <a href="https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4149388/does-ruby-support-unicode-and-how-does-it-work">support</a> and I'm dreading (lack of time...) to learn each and every one of them to the point where I can safely break it to rule it out.</p> <p>In so far as I understood, Python 3 <em>seems</em> to have it. As does Ruby 1.9. Lisp <a href="http://www.cliki.net/Unicode%20and%20Lisp" rel="nofollow noreferrer">not necessarily</a>. Javascript presumably.</p> <p>There's arguably more than unicode support to a language, but in my experience it tends to become a major drawback when dealing with locale.</p> <p>I also realize the question is somewhat subjective. (Please don't close it on that grounds: I'm actually linking to several SO threads which I found unsatisfying.) But... as a user of any of these languages, how well do they support unicode in practice?</p>
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    1. COTotally disagree with you regarding Java. Node.js is Unicode-supporting not as a specific implementation but because javascript as a language is (it's part of the ECMAScript standard) so it should be smooth there. I feel that you may not be picking the right tool for the job if you're putting such emphasis on string support...
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    2. CO@Davin: I've this thing with java... I probably was traumatized by how boring it could be to code in it at university. And yes, I agree that node.js is a good candidate in spite of it and its libraries being quite new. But I'm still keen to investigate the other options, because node.js (possibly wrongly) didn't strike me as being settled/mature enough.
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    3. CODon't worry about it. The only people who enjoy java are those suffering from stockholm syndrome.
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