# tag: Tom Lord Tue Dec  4 15:06:35 2001 (unicode/=comparison)
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glibc
	utf-8 based
	Posix mb and wchar interface
	Posix locales 
	utf-8 posix regexps (bugs)

icu
	utf-16 based
	new interface (c/c++)
	icu locales


Hackerlab
	encoding form neutral (mix utf-8/16 and ascii8)
	new interface (c)
	hackerlab locale support in a future release
	no locale support in current release
	posix regexps (8-bit characters, posix locales)
	xml regexps (encoding neutral)
	encoding-neutral posix regexps in a future release