Geoff, I am aware what il8n is, I am also aware as to when the standard was introduced. Software applications have been using localisation even back in the days of Windows 2.0, and regardless of that fact. I just believe that instead of creating all these extra LS functions, that ended up being wrappers they could have introduced the localisation into the existing tags. That's not just my view, Allaire didn't choose that way, and I am curious as to the real reason. Was it to slowly deprecate the older functions, or was there another reason behind that decision?
Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -----Original Message----- From: cfaussie@googlegroups.com [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Geoff Bowers Sent: Monday, 14 January 2008 9:29 AM To: cfaussie Subject: [cfaussie] Re: should DateFormat() be depricated (in favour ofLSDateFormat())? On Jan 13, 9:41 pm, "Andrew Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Nobody was talking about i18n, you were the first to bring it up. > > As far as the 2 functions they do exactly the same thing, the only > difference one works in other countries outside of the USA and the > other doesn't. i18n is the umbrella topic for anything to do with regional adaptation, including date formatting. Much as I am loathe to quote Wikipedia: "Internationalization is the process of designing a software application so that it can be adapted to various languages and regions without engineering changes. Localization is the process of adapting software for a specific region or language by adding locale-specific components and translating text." The process of engineering a solution that is "internationalised" such that you can readily localise the interface is no mean feat. It doesn't simply involve masking dates -- it is a hugely complex task that is even more difficult to retrofit into an existing system. All this is beside the point -- it's your assertion that by deciphering the approach used in the code from cf8 you have an insight into design decisions made pre-cf5 that I'm refuting. Not to mention that your inane, derogatory quips about developers, about whom you know nothing, have no place in this forum. -- geoff http://www.daemon.com.au/ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to cfaussie@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
