On 13 Apr 2004, at 23:43, Dan Sugalski wrote:
I've been assuming it's a left-side wins, as you're tacking onto an existing string, so you'd get English in all cases. Alternately you could get an exception. The end result of a mixed-language operation could certainly be the Dunno language or the current default--both'd be reasonable.
Would I be right in thinking that *language* in the context of Parrot strings is not necessarily an accurate description of the actual language of the string, but rather a means of specifying a particular set of idiosyncratic behavior normally associated with an actual language?
An "english" string continues to behave in an English way regardless of what I append to or insert into it.
Is there ever a situation where the contents of the appended/inserted strings are altered because of the change in *language*? In other words, are there any *language* (as distinct from character set) transforms? And, can new *languages* be defined?
For example, will there be a way to define a *language* "toetsch" where 'ro' becomes '0r' in 'b0rken', and 'see' becomes 's.'?
Mike
