PERLLOCALE(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLLOCALE(1)

PERLLOCALE(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLLOCALE(1) # PERLLOCALE(1) Perl Programmers Reference Guide PERLLOCALE(1) NNAAMMEE # perllocale - Perl locale handling (internationalization and localization) DDEESSCCRRIIPPTTIIOONN # In the beginning there was ASCII, the "American Standard Code for Information Interchange", which works quite well for Americans with their English alphabet and dollar-denominated currency. But it doesn't work so well even for other English speakers, who may use different currencies, such as the pound sterling (as the symbol for that currency is not in ASCII); and it's hopelessly inadequate for many of the thousands of the world's other languages. ...