To what extent can Java be written in Chinese?
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From: Peter Olcott on 23 May 2010 09:56 "Lew" <noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message news:hta6lq$jh8$1(a)news.albasani.net... > Peter Olcott wrote: >> There are apparently Chinese equivalents to the digit >> [0-9]. >> How does Java handle this for Chinese programmers? > > By making them use '0' through '9', as Jeff Higgins > explained upthread. > > -- > Lew Isn't this a little ethnocentristic?
From: Peter Olcott on 23 May 2010 09:58 "Lew" <noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message news:hta6lq$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. > > -- > Lew I am guessing that this prohibits mainland China developers from using java, because of their cultural purity laws.
From: Peter Olcott on 23 May 2010 10:00 "BGB / cr88192" <cr88192(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:htaieb$466$1(a)news.albasani.net... > > "Lew" <noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message > news:hta6lq$jh8$1(a)news.albasani.net... >> Peter Olcott wrote: >>> There are apparently Chinese equivalents to the digit >>> [0-9]. >>> How does Java handle this for Chinese programmers? >> >> By making them use '0' through '9', as Jeff Higgins >> explained upthread. >> > > if you have seen many Asian sites, most often they end up > just using the Western/Arabic number system anyways... > > note though that to be "proper" they would need a lot more > characters than just the numbers (it is not exactly a > direct analogue of decimal), with many of the characters > serving essentially as scales (it can be compared to a > multiply-add chain...). Like roman numerals? > > it can be compared with traditional spoken-English usage, > where many extra words are used to signify different units > and scales ("hundred", "thousand", ...), rather than > simply giving a string of digits. > > > now, considering the relative effort of typing CJK > characters vs typing the Arabic numerals, and one can ask > if they are really missing out on much... In China because of their cultural purity laws they would miss out on being able to use Java for development at all. > > >
From: Arne Vajhøj on 23 May 2010 10:08 On 23-05-2010 09:58, Peter Olcott wrote: > "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message > news:hta6lq$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. > > I am guessing that this prohibits mainland China developers > from using java, because of their cultural purity laws. I don't know much about China. But what do they do when writing C code for GCC on their Linux flavor? Arne
From: Lew on 23 May 2010 10:30
Peter Olcott wrote: > In China because of their cultural purity laws they would > miss out on being able to use Java for development at all. Mainland China. They might not be so restrictive in Taiwan. Are you quite sure that what you say is even true in mainland China? Care to cite some references to substantiate that claim? -- Lew |