On Tue, Sep 26, 2000 at 01:19:16AM +0200, Bart Lateur wrote:
> Eh? Are you saying that Perl's error message should be adapted to the
> language of the computer user? I don't like that.
That's precisely what I am saying, yes, but I'm not wedded to the idea as a
religious principle. I think it would be a Good Thing.
> And I speak Dutch natively. Computers speak English.
Computers may speak English if you're used to speaking Dutch. :) By which I
mean, different countries appear to have different expectations of how much
L10N should take place.
> How would Perl decide on what language to use? Some environment
> variable?
This is precisely what locales are for, yes.
> And what about programmer supplied error messages? Should the programmer
> supply lots of languge versions as well?
Should: perhaps; will: probably not. But we should certainly provide the
framework for it to happen if they want to.
> It reminds me of Applescript, where the system error messages and
> buttons are localized, but the custom error messages and buttons are
> not. So you get an annoying mix of English and Dutch buttons, and
> English and Dutch texts. I want one language, please.
*Precisely*. Now try using Perl on a (non-English)-localised system.
You come up with the exact problem you've just described.
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