#  1.04  2007/07/07 use Encode in preference of Text::Iconv (thanks to Nikita Dedik)
#                                   Rate Text::Iconv      Encode
#                    Text::Iconv 13243/s          --        -41%
#                    Encode      22386/s         69%          --
#  1.02  2007/07/05 use 5.8.0 added
#  1.01  2007/07/04 Initial revision