[plt-scheme] Unicode on the cheap

On Sat, Jan 24, 2004 at 07:54:28PM -0600, Robby Findler wrote:
> Can you explain to the unenlightened Schemer what UTF-8 really is 
> about? (or perhaps provide a pointer?). It's hard to understand the 
> level of detail in your message without some kind of introduction to 
> UTF-8.....

Joel Spolsky has written a brief introductory article entitled, "The
Absolute Minimum Every Software Developer Absolutely, Positively Must
Know About Unicode and Character Sets (No Excuses!)", which might be
helpful:

http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html

David