From: MikkelFJ <mikkelfj-anti-spam@...>
Date: 2003-03-07T06:14:12+09:00
Subject: Re: Internationalization


"Hal E. Fulton" <hal9000@hypermetrics.com> wrote in message
news:24a801c2e41e$a0a95940$0300a8c0@austin.rr.com...

> Of course, now that you have said that... someone will
> do so. :)

Sure, but then I'd request the discussion is also be carried out in said
language
:)

> The brute force solution, of course, is to implement N*K

Since you are a native english speaker, you may not be conscious about it,
but this is how english is being used today. Indeed this is what makes
comp.lang.ruby operational. English is a fairly simple yet expressive
language.

> Yes, Ruby is the universal language... but I have to admit
> there are times when code alone is not enough for me to
> understand the coder's intent, even in Ruby.

I'm sure we agree - but I would like to stress that said "examples" which is
very different from implementation. Examples are the best single source of
documentation.

What does Html::Html4Tr do, and how do you use it?

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-list/32314

Indeed, if we design software such that it can be documented by examples, we
may have invented a new programming paradigm at a level above design driven
by test.


Mikkel