On 6/27/06, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz / ruby-lang.org> wrote: > But unfortunately, the implementer is living among those "10% or > less". So it's a risk already taken, choosing a language designed by > such a person. ;-) That also means that the implementor has much better understanding of internationalization issues than those who live in the US ;-) This should give us at least sound base string class. And since the class is open in Ruby automatic this or that can be added. Thanks Michal