Re: "Near Miss" error handling?

Christian Lindig <lindig@eecs.harvard.edu>
16 Apr 2001 14:07:28 -0400

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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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