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- From: Doug Gwyn <gwyn@smoke.brl.mil>
-
- >From: guy@auspex.uucp (Guy Harris)
- >In other words, I don't think there's a solution to the problem of "oh
- >dear, how are we going to get all our applications modified to put out
- >grammatically-correct messages in different languages without having to
- >examine all the code that generates messages and possibly rewrite some
- >of that code" other than teaching the system a fair bit about lots of
- >human languages.
-
- Might as well leave out the clause "other than ...".
-
- Perhaps we could persuade those who think there should be a simple rule
- for writing just one message text when programming for a variety of
- cultures to use Esperanto for their messages. At least that way they
- will be understood just as readily by all customers.. :-)
-
- Volume-Number: Volume 20, Number 92
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