[#3006] mismatched quotation — "stevan apter" <apter@...>

ruby documentation uses a punctuation convention i've never seen

13 messages 2000/05/27

[ruby-talk:02641] Re: OT: Japanese names

From: gotoken@... (GOTO Kentaro)
Date: 2000-05-09 03:44:32 UTC
List: ruby-talk #2641
In message "[ruby-talk:02640] Re: OT: Japanese names"
    on 00/05/09, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@netlab.co.jp> writes:
>Don't forget one small tip.  Family name must come first when you
>write in Japanese.  You never write in Japanese?  OK, we don't care
>name order in general in other languages.  To be polite, use the name
>order they use.

Some Japanese guys (including me) write their family name in upcase
only, e.g., GOTO Kentaro.  I've learned this style from staff credits
of French movies.

As Matz said, we don't care this problem :-)

-- gotoken

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