Hi Jon, Thank you for your message
On Mon, Dec 22, 2025 at 03:01:57PM -0700, Jonathan Corbet wrote: >Andi Shyti <[email protected]> writes: > >> Hi Federico, >> >>> >-Il file di intestazione include/linux/kernel.h contiene un certo numero >>> >-di macro che dovreste usare piuttosto che implementarne una qualche >>> >variante. >>> >-Per esempio, se dovete calcolare la lunghezza di un vettore, sfruttate la >>> >-macro: >>> >+I file header >>> >>> In Italian, the correct name for "header file" is "file di intestazione". >>> Please, don't replace correct Italian with *Itanglese* :) >> >> I absolutely disagree. >> >> If you open any C book, they are called 'header files', except >> for a few Italian technical books with excessively literal >> translations, where even non-translatable terms are translated. > >I'm unconvinced about "file di intestazione" based on my own >understanding of the language... but, in a case like this, I will defer >to the creator and maintainer of the translation. Due to my explanation in the previous message, and after your answer, I have the feeling it may sounds like I'm making up words needing persuasion. Probably I'm misunderstanding. Just in case, please allow me a clarification. "File di intestazione" is the equivalent in Italian, same semantic. It can be found at the university, in books, in youtube videos, and in tutorials about C and C++ languages. One might have different opinions on the term. But it is a fact that the term exits, it is Italian, and it is used. > [...] > I chose to use Italian terms: (a) when they exist, (b) they have sufficient > diffusion, and (c) if it adds value for a wider audience. > [...] A short list of references. Universities: Napoli: https://www.docenti.unina.it/webdocenti-be/allegati/materiale-didattico/94515 Bologna: http://lia.deis.unibo.it/Courses/FondA0607-ELE/materiale/Lucidi/ProgettiSuPiuFile.pdf Milano: https://aguzzoli.di.unimi.it/didattica/algo12/lucidi1.pdf Torino: https://staff.polito.it/claudio.fornaro/CorsoC/09-Stringhe.pdf Wikis: https://it.wikibooks.org/wiki/Dal_C_al_C++/Utilizzo_basilare_di_librerie/I_file_di_intestazione https://it.wikibooks.org/wiki/C/Compilatore_e_precompilatore/Header https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direttiva_di_inclusione From Italian-aware automatic translations: https://www.ibm.com/docs/it/aix/7.3.0?topic=reference-header-files https://learn.microsoft.com/it-it/cpp/cpp/header-files-cpp Books: Original Italian: https://www.google.ch/books/edition/Dalla_A_alla_Z_passando_per_C/OXoFAgAAQBAJ?hl=it&gbpv=0 Translated from English: https://www.google.ch/books/edition/C++_Fondamenti_di_programmazione/fPaLAwAAQBAJ?hl=it&gbpv=0 Another source from the GNU/Linux world: PLUTO (Appunti di informatica libera): http://a2.pluto.it/a292.htm#almltitle3828 -- Federico Vaga
