With the new input disciplines, utf8 and whatnot in Perl 5.8 even Unixers should get used to binmode(). (And I should reread the docs to be able to tell what exactly happens if they don't.)

Jenda
Always code as if the guy who ends up maintaining your code will be a violent psychopath who knows where you live.
   -- Rick Osborne

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