>> [...] whereas 3.x is a joy to work with. >Becuase, in contrast to 2.x, it has the feature of...? Unicode strings makes my life a lot easier when dealing with

>> [...] whereas 3.x is a joy to work with. >Becuase, in contrast to 2.x, it has the feature of...? Unicode strings makes my life a lot easier when dealing with anything international. Pretty much every difference made was better for the language.