On 25 Sep 2000 20:15:19 -0000, Perl6 RFC Librarian wrote:
>Erreur de syntaxe. Syntaxfehler. Errore di sintassi. suntaktik'o sphalm'a.
>
>Perl 6 needs some kind of internationalisation and therefore message
>catalogue support. Really needs, with great urgency.
Eh? Are you saying that Perl's error message should be adapted to the
language of the computer user? I don't like that. And I speak Dutch
natively. Computers speak English.
How would Perl decide on what language to use? Some environment
variable?
And what about programmer supplied error messages? Should the programmer
supply lots of languge versions as well?
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. Even if it's not
my native language.
But if you insist on going ahead and implementing this, I won't stop
you.
--
Bart.
