On Fri, Aug 6, 2010 at 9:52 PM, David Korn <[email protected]> wrote:
> Subject: Re: [ast-developers] RE: Write up on how to localize shell scripts - 
>  Second Try
> --------
>
>> I fully agree with Irek and Chris. Maybe Finnbarr will agree as well.
>> The Korn shell is a high level language which should provide easy and
>> FLEXIBLE feature access. Everyone who wants to sacrifice the
>> flexibility for performance should better use C or C++. Performance is
>> good but I don't think it matters when the closest competitor is
>> /usr/bin/gettext >:-) and I'd opt for $"" strings to be able to
>> replace /usr/bin/gettext in any aspect of runtime changes to (
>> NLSPATH, LC_MESSAGES )
>>
>> Ced
>
>
> OK, based on the feedback, I will try to delay the substitution until
> use.  I am hoping to be able to use the loop optimizer to gain back
> performance in most cases where performance would be affected.

Sounds great. Thank you.

Irek
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