Unicode Support in Various Programming Languages

Question

I\'d like to have a canonical place to pool information about Unicode support in various languages. Is it a part of the core language? Is it provided in libraries? Is it not

Answer 1

Python 3k

Python 3k (or 3.0 or 3000) has new approach for handling text (unicode) and data:
Text Vs. Data Instead Of Unicode Vs. 8-bit. See also Unicode HOWTO.