On 2012-09-24, at 12:37, Bert Freudenberg <b...@freudenbergs.de> wrote:
> On 2012-09-24, at 01:40, James Cameron <qu...@laptop.org> wrote:
>
>> On Sun, Sep 23, 2012 at 07:53:35PM -0300, Gonzalo Odiard wrote:
>>> Paint activity was developed by a Brazilian team and a lot of variables
>>> had Portuguese names.
>>> Whit the time, we changed a lot, but there are a few pending.
>>
>> It is irritating that we still store source code in linear text files
>> without built-in internationalisation.
>>
>> As you change these names, they become far less useful to programmers
>> who use that language.
>>
>> The development system would be more open and inclusive if there was a
>> way to keep variable names, and other text, in multiple languages.
>>
>> I've seen nothing yet that achieves this. It would require editor
>> application support.
>
>
> Tile-based programming systems like Etoys, Scratch, or Turtle Art make this a
> lot easier. They at least support switching the names of built-in functions
> and objects.
>
> Translating user-defined names is harder, but not impossible. I don't know of
> any deployment-ready system, but there have been at least demos, e.g. the
> 2004 TranSqueak project (details below, though I couldn't find a PDF online).
>
> - Bert -
PDF of this paper on the VPRI website:
http://www.vpri.org/pdf/tr2004001_transqueak.pdf
More papers:
http://vpri.org/html/writings.php
- Bert -
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