With the encoding pragma, you can write your Perl script in any encoding you
like (so long as the Encode module supports it) and still enjoy Unicode
support.
However, this encoding module is deprecated under perl 5.18. It uses
a mechanism provided by perl that is deprecated under 5.18 and higher, and may
be removed in a future version.
The easiest and the best alternative is to write your script in UTF-8.
