From: Nicholas Bodley
Message: 4551
Date: 2005-03-26
> Nicholas Bodley wrote:[P. T. D.]
>> > ... i18n, which means nothing to meBecause you need to know how to use computers for more than ASCII, and
>>
>> I'm, well, astonished. Apparently you are not involved at all in any
>> work on making computers work with other writing systems. I guess
>> that's fair,
>
> Why should I be? That is work for computer people.
>> and perhaps understandable, considering recent discussions. It alsoBlanket statement that applies only to some. The remarkable technical
>> seems believable that you don't read at all, or very little, on that
>> topic. I guess that's fair, too. Lots of people could be so described.
> Why should I? Computers aren't intrinsically interesting.
>> the embedded "18" represents the 18 letters that are not typed.It's part of the ongoing evolution of writing systems, and counting (Latin
>
> From the point of view of writing systems, that's an incredibly stupid
> abbreviation (and, obviously, totally opaque). From the point of view of
> languages, as well -- a standard example of the sort of rule that's
> "impossible" is any rule that involves _counting_ segments or morphemes
> or words.
> As a guess, "internationalization" sounds like it might be what AppleThey are somewhat related; I'm not the best person to explain, but i18n is
> called "localization" in its technical manual many years ago, about how
> to get computers to work in languages other than English?
> Again, doing things by counting is bizarre.To some people...