Great article, thanks! If you're bored or not feeling modern today, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC For practical

Great article, thanks! If you're bored or not feeling modern today, read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBCDIC For practical Python advice (I'm sure this was on hacker news) http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/7/2/the-updated-guide-to-unicode/ http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2013/7/2/the-updated-guide-to-unicod... is a great read.