fine.pir

# No weirdness
.sub 'main' :main
    .local string name
    .local string greeting
    .local pmc stdin
    .local string prompt

    prompt = "Please enter your name: "
    print prompt
    stdin = getstdin
    name = stdin.'readline_interactive'()
    greeting = "Hello, " . name
    greeting .= "!"
    say greeting
.end

funky.pir

# Shows the weirdness
.sub 'main' :main
    .local string name
    .local string greeting
    .local pmc stdin

    stdin = getstdin
    name = stdin.'readline_interactive'("Please enter your name: ")
    greeting = "Hello, " . name
    greeting .= "!"
    say greeting
.end

output using parrot 2.6

$ parrot funky.pir 
Please enter your name:�'�!Brian
Hello, Brian!
$ parrot fine.pir
Please enter your name: Brian
Hello, Brian!
$ parrot -V
This is Parrot version 2.6.0 built for i386-linux.
Copyright (C) 2001-2010, Parrot Foundation.

This code is distributed under the terms of the Artistic License 2.0.
For more details, see the full text of the license in the LICENSE file
included in the Parrot source tree.