Processing them in Python. :) No, really. Python is horrible at dealing with strings of different encodings. You could generalize that to any complex app with l

Processing them in Python. :) No, really. Python is horrible at dealing with strings of different encodings. You could generalize that to any complex app with lots of data sources: the only sane way to do it is to convert everything to a single encoding at the door. (edit) whups, I hadn't thought about PGP/etc signatures. sigh