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| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? joachim_d@gmx.de (Joachim Durchholz) (2001-04-04) |
| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? uabbwat@uab.ericsson.se (Barry Watson) (2001-04-04) |
| Sv: "Near Miss" error handling? sskaflot@online.no (srs srs) (2001-04-10) |
| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk (2001-04-14) |
| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? henry@spsystems.net (2001-04-15) |
| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? dmitry@elros.cbb-automation.de (2001-04-16) |
| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? lindig@eecs.harvard.edu (Christian Lindig) (2001-04-16) |
| Re: "Near Miss" error handling? vbdis@aol.com (2001-04-18) |
| From: | Christian Lindig <lindig@eecs.harvard.edu> |
| Newsgroups: | comp.compilers |
| Date: | 16 Apr 2001 14:07:28 -0400 |
| Organization: | Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts |
| References: | 01-03-135 01-04-012 01-04-066 01-04-094 01-04-104 |
| Keywords: | i18n, practice |
| Posted-Date: | 16 Apr 2001 14:07:28 EDT |
Henry Spencer <henry@spsystems.net> wrote:
> Ralph Corderoy <ralph@inputplus.demon.co.uk> wrote:
>>> I think most programmers, regardless of their native language, use
>>> English identifier names. Not all, but most.
...
> My understanding is that the French are the single substantial
> exception to the original comment.
If your are working in a highly language sensitive domain, say tax
legislation, you probably would end up using native identifiers too,
rather than English.
-- Christian
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