tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427379.post113079498108159309..comments2023-05-30T15:20:21.068+02:00Comments on The Core Dump of Thought: mutt 1.5.10izvrbahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08806965334872601252noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14427379.post-1131054654194945142005-11-03T22:50:00.000+01:002005-11-03T22:50:00.000+01:00...whole issue with I18N and localization disgusts......whole issue with I18N and localization disgusts me.<BR/><BR/>A refreshingly enlightened view!<BR/><BR/>Who are the simple-minded freaks who are building wast software empires based on the idiotic premise that the user of the computer will use only a single language, and that the Operating System will direct the applications which one will it be? <BR/><BR/>Long time ago, in the Age of Reason, the hardware knew about the bit-container required to represent a letter, the operating system knew about the alphabet, and only the applications knew about the languages and cultures. (And computer programmers were generally educated to the level which implied the understood of difference between a <I>state</I> and a <I>nation</I>, and would never used a flag to represent a language). <BR/><BR/>Sic transit...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com