“In this article I’ll fill you in on exactly what every working programmer should know. All that stuff about “plain text = ascii = characters are 8 bits” is not only wrong, it’s hopelessly wrong, and if you’re still programming that way, you’re not much better than a medical doctor who doesn’t believe in germs. Please do not write another line of code until you finish reading this article.”

“If you would like to be able to use more than one language on your Linux/UNIX computer but haven’t completely figured out how to do that yet, then you should read this page.”