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Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self generated FUD.

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From:
Alan Olsen
Date:
June 16, 2006 16:10
Subject:
Re: Its time we set the score straight on Perl 5 and Perl 6 and debunk our own self generated FUD.
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1150499409.14825.77.camel@odshp.com
On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 01:02 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> [Quoting Alan Olsen, on June 16 2006, 15:51, in "Re: Its time we set "]
> > On Sat, 2006-06-17 at 00:45 +0200, Johan Vromans wrote:
> > 
> > > BTW: Ever tried to make a gettext-translatable program that did _not_
> > > use English as the base language? You'd be surprised what happens...
> > 
> > For those of us who speak mostly English, what does happen?
> 
> Spoiler: When you try to create a new translation called english, the
> gettext software insist on using this as the base version, effectivily
> losing all your current translations. Apparently the software authors
> did not realise that one would ever want translate a non-english
> program into english...

Sounds bjorken to me.
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