On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 7:48 AM, Malcolm Wallace <malcolm.wall...@me.com> wrote: >> In the region of this side of the Atlantic Ocean where I teach, the >> student population is very diverse > > Prelude> putStrLn (take 5 "Fröhßen") > Fröhß
ghci> putStrLn "Fro\x0308hßen" Fröhßen ghci> putStrLn (take 5 "Fro\x0308hßen") Fröh Your example works because your input happens to be in a normal form. -- Johan _______________________________________________ Haskell-prime mailing list Haskell-prime@haskell.org http://www.haskell.org/mailman/listinfo/haskell-prime