From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me
X-Spam-Level: 
X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00
	autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4
Path: 
 eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!mx02.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!reality.xs3.de!news.jacob-sparre.dk!loke.jacob-sparre.dk!pnx.dk!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: "Randy Brukardt" <randy@rrsoftware.com>
Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada
Subject: Re: Running a preprocessor from GPS?
Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:58:51 -0500
Organization: Jacob Sparre Andersen Research & Innovation
Message-ID: <mpedns$cvr$1@loke.gir.dk>
References: <e610ca1e-4df6-4fbb-b3a1-ac35694d9072@googlegroups.com>
 <mp645u$abo$1@loke.gir.dk>
 <2df4698f-4c8e-457c-822d-209cb2f8ab5e@googlegroups.com>
 <mp8r8l$fnn$1@loke.gir.dk>
 <014427b1-ff7a-4a69-82e6-0330af77ed96@googlegroups.com>
 <mpbd8f$re$1@loke.gir.dk>
 <d5a73210-a67f-4d21-8b16-536af10ab157@googlegroups.com>
 <1438244829.17005.26.camel@obry.net>
 <0a8104af-4ebb-4d82-92e5-6ba7289272ce@googlegroups.com>
 <mpdpas$mte$1@dont-email.me>
 <262cbf86-25a0-4802-b72e-ec6e650e1dc7@googlegroups.com>
NNTP-Posting-Host: rrsoftware.com
X-Trace: loke.gir.dk 1438300733 13307 24.196.82.226 (30 Jul 2015 23:58:53 GMT)
X-Complaints-To: news@jacob-sparre.dk
NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Jul 2015 23:58:53 +0000 (UTC)
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.5931
X-RFC2646: Format=Flowed; Original
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.6157
Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:27248
Date: 2015-07-30T18:58:51-05:00
List-Id: <comp.lang.ada>

"EGarrulo" <egarrulo@gmail.com> wrote in message 
news:262cbf86-25a0-4802-b72e-ec6e650e1dc7@googlegroups.com...
...
> OK.  Now please write the code so that it could be easily adapted to a
> different language by possibly swapping the arguments that are fed to the
> output string (this may not cover all existing languages, but it could be 
> good
> enough).

Localization is a very difficult problem that defies simple solutions like 
format strings (or resource files or any other such solution). These simple 
solutions tend to provide enough of the solution to be seductive, but not 
enough of the solution to actually save any effort.

Ultimately, one has to adopt an application-specific solution (which is why 
the only localization Ada provides is a query to find out the country and 
language). And that is no easier or harder in Ada than it is in any other 
traditional language.

                                       Randy.