To what extent can Java be written in Chinese?
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From: Peter Olcott on 25 May 2010 18:43 On 5/25/2010 5:26 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote: > On 25-05-2010 10:29, Peter Olcott wrote: >> "Tom Anderson"<twic(a)urchin.earth.li> wrote in message >> news:alpine.DEB.1.10.1005251308010.11939(a)urchin.earth.li... >>> On Mon, 24 May 2010, Mike Schilling wrote: >>> >> So some computer languages (I am guessing that SAP could be >> construed as a computer language) do use local punctuation. > > SAP uses ABAP or Java as language. > > But Tom is discussing data format not source code format. > > Arne > I am specifically focusing on the source code format.
From: Arne Vajhøj on 25 May 2010 18:52 On 25-05-2010 18:42, Peter Olcott wrote: > On 5/25/2010 5:24 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote: >> On 25-05-2010 10:46, Peter Olcott wrote: >>> "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message >>> news:htgbuu$ma5$1(a)news.albasani.net... >>>> On 05/25/2010 01:35 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >>>>> "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message >>>>> news:htfial$g79$1(a)news.albasani.net... >>>>>> Peter Olcott wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Lew >>>>>> >>>>>> Please don't quote sigs. >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Lew >>>>>> Please don't quote sigs. >>>>> >>>>> I make it a rule to never follow rules, I only follow the >>>>> reasons behind the rules if there are any. Because of >>>>> this >>>>> what you said makes no sense. I might as well ask you to >>>>> ALWAYS make sure to quote sigs. What difference does it >>>>> make? >>>> >>>> Plonk. >>> >>> My actual rule on this is to make sure to always quote >>> everything to maintain the complete context of the >>> conversation until this context becomes irrelevant to the >>> current discussion. When the context becomes irrelevant, >>> then trim the irrelevant parts. This most often gets to >>> about fiver levels deep. >> >> sigs are practically always irrelevant even at first level. > > Exactly what part is the sig? line with name line with two dashes + line with name line with name + line with funny quote line with two dashes + line with name + line with funny quote etc. Arne
From: Arne Vajhøj on 25 May 2010 18:52 On 25-05-2010 18:43, Peter Olcott wrote: > On 5/25/2010 5:26 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote: >> On 25-05-2010 10:29, Peter Olcott wrote: >>> "Tom Anderson"<twic(a)urchin.earth.li> wrote in message >>> news:alpine.DEB.1.10.1005251308010.11939(a)urchin.earth.li... >>>> On Mon, 24 May 2010, Mike Schilling wrote: >>>> >>> So some computer languages (I am guessing that SAP could be >>> construed as a computer language) do use local punctuation. >> >> SAP uses ABAP or Java as language. >> >> But Tom is discussing data format not source code format. > > I am specifically focusing on the source code format. Yes. So I don't think the example is useful for you. Arne
From: Tom Anderson on 25 May 2010 19:59 On Tue, 25 May 2010, Jim Janney wrote: > "Peter Olcott" <NoSpam(a)OCR4Screen.com> writes: > >> "Lew" <noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message >> news:hta6lq$jh8$1(a)news.albasani.net... >>> Peter Olcott wrote: >>> >>>> There are apparently Chinese equivalents to the digit [0-9]. How does >>>> Java handle this for Chinese programmers? >>> >>> By making them use '0' through '9', as Jeff Higgins >>> explained upthread. >> >> Isn't this a little ethnocentristic? > > Depends on your point of view. They're Arabic numerals, thus arguably > not even Western. They're Indian originally. We call the Arabic because we got them via the Arabs, who were massive maths nerds back in the day. But still, our versions, which are the versions in ASCII, have diverged rather a lot from what either the Indians or Arabs use now. tom -- Sport in general is ridiculous and should be banned. -- Ian Tindale
From: Peter Olcott on 25 May 2010 20:57
On 5/25/2010 5:52 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote: > On 25-05-2010 18:42, Peter Olcott wrote: >> On 5/25/2010 5:24 PM, Arne Vajh�j wrote: >>> On 25-05-2010 10:46, Peter Olcott wrote: >>>> "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message >>>> news:htgbuu$ma5$1(a)news.albasani.net... >>>>> On 05/25/2010 01:35 AM, Peter Olcott wrote: >>>>>> "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message >>>>>> news:htfial$g79$1(a)news.albasani.net... >>>>>>> Peter Olcott wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Lew >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Please don't quote sigs. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Lew >>>>>>> Please don't quote sigs. >>>>>> >>>>>> I make it a rule to never follow rules, I only follow the >>>>>> reasons behind the rules if there are any. Because of >>>>>> this >>>>>> what you said makes no sense. I might as well ask you to >>>>>> ALWAYS make sure to quote sigs. What difference does it >>>>>> make? >>>>> >>>>> Plonk. >>>> >>>> My actual rule on this is to make sure to always quote >>>> everything to maintain the complete context of the >>>> conversation until this context becomes irrelevant to the >>>> current discussion. When the context becomes irrelevant, >>>> then trim the irrelevant parts. This most often gets to >>>> about fiver levels deep. >>> >>> sigs are practically always irrelevant even at first level. >> >> Exactly what part is the sig? > > line with name > line with two dashes + line with name > line with name + line with funny quote > line with two dashes + line with name + line with funny quote > etc. > > Arne > > Like this? "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message |