Request for help w/porting strings (8bit) to (16bit) strings...

[Frotz]

	Does anyone have any experience porting strings from 7- & 8-bit
languages to 16-bit languages like Kanji?  Intuitively, I should be
using mblen(), mbtowc(), mbstowcs(), wctomb() and wcstombs().

	All of the manuals that I have for this are very clear on the
function of these calls.  However, it does not give me any clue as to
WHY I should use them...  Any help would be greatly appreciated. 

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