I'd be more than happy to translate my VBA macros away from that rather shoddy and awkward language into a different shoddy and awkward language.
FTFY
In the latter case, you know what you were getting into when you got an Apple, boyo.
Or, to be honest, when you bought a laptop.
A GBP bankers draft from HSBC Canada cost me something like CAD$3. Going the other way, HSBC UK charges GBP£30 for CAD$ draft. HSBC UK are wankers.
On the other hand, HSBC UK don't charge you a monthly fee just to have an account and access to services, so...
That said, his other points, especially about the fact that not all names are properly mapped in unicode, is a good one.
I didn't quite get this - is it a thing about combination characters and accents, or about Unicode not being complete?
Digital circuits are made from analog parts. -- Don Vonada