| | Unicode Demystified: A Practical Guide to the Encoding Standard (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | As the software marketplace becomes more global in scope, programmers are recognizing the importance of the Unicode standard for engineering robust software that works across multiple regions, countries, languages, alphabets, and scripts. |
 | | Beginning with a structural overview of the standard and a discussion of its heritage and motivations, the book then shifts focus to the various writing systems represented by Unicode--along with the challenges associated with each. |
 | | The book begins with a structural overview of the standard and a discussion of its history, then looks at the various writing systems represented by Unicode and the challenges associated with each, and presents strategies for implementing various aspects of the standard. |
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