To what extent can Java be written in Chinese?
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From: Jeff Higgins on 23 May 2010 15:09 On 5/23/2010 6:05 AM, Tom Anderson wrote: > On Sun, 23 May 2010, Jeff Higgins wrote: >> >> <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChinesePython> > > http://www.voidspace.org.uk/python/weblog/images/chinese-python-poster.jpg > Thanks for that and your rolling sigs.
From: Joshua Cranmer on 23 May 2010 15:27 On 05/23/2010 09:56 AM, 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. > > Isn't this a little ethnocentristic? I think I read somewhere that Greek mathematicians preferred the Babylonian system when having to work with fractions, so preferring others' numeral systems is nothing new. Heck, the standard numerals in the Latin script are imported from Arabic--try doing long division with Roman numerals. Arabic numerals are probably the most widely-recognized number system, and I have seen it used even in Japanese publications. If it's important enough that people learn to recognize it for daily reading, than using it as the only supported numeral system in an already Angloamerocentric system isn't a big step. I would also like to note that there are Roman numerals that most programmers in the West would know pretty well, and they do have Unicode support. I don't know of any programming language that accepts said numerals as valid numbers. Well, non-esoteric programming language... -- Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. -- Donald E. Knuth
From: Patricia Shanahan on 23 May 2010 15:41 Joshua Cranmer wrote: .... > Arabic numerals are probably the most widely-recognized number system, > and I have seen it used even in Japanese publications. If it's important > enough that people learn to recognize it for daily reading, than using > it as the only supported numeral system in an already Angloamerocentric > system isn't a big step. I spent the first half of May on vacation in mainland China. The Chinese language versions of menus and hotel laundry lists showed the prices in Arabic numerals. Apparently, Chinese tourists are expected to understand them. Patricia
From: Arne Vajhøj on 23 May 2010 17:54 On 23-05-2010 13:29, Peter Olcott wrote: > "Arne Vajh�j"<arne(a)vajhoej.dk> wrote in message > news:4bf936f1$0$285$14726298(a)news.sunsite.dk... >> On 23-05-2010 09:58, Peter Olcott wrote: >>> "Lew"<noone(a)lewscanon.com> wrote in message >>> news:hta6lq$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? > > From what I understand they must write all code in assembly > language because no other language is sufficiently adapted > to their culture. All code in assembly?? I think someone has been playing a joke on you! Arne
From: Tom Anderson on 23 May 2010 19:06
On Sun, 23 May 2010, Peter Olcott wrote: > I heard this from two different reliable sources on newsgroups. This is the funniest thing i've heard all day. Reliable sources on newsgroups! Whatever next? tom -- Pizza: cheap, easy, and portable. Oh, wait, that's me. Never mind. -- edda |