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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Wasteful internationalization
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On Sat, 03 Feb 2007 00:49:45 GMT, Bj�rn Persson wrote:

> For Windows the common practice is to
> distribute all the necessary DLLs with your program. (At least I think it
> still is. I don't follow the events in the Windows world very closely.)

No, for Windows the common practice is to do nothing. If you install a
Russian Windows software you will see all letters shown as _____.

> You
> might not want to have 60000 Chinese characters occupying disk space if you
> can't read Chinese anyway.

But the point was about Chinese programs. Do you need 60000 Chinese
characters to read an Ada program? A clear question of modularization,
isn't it?

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de