On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > Derick Rethans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote... : > > > On Tue, 26 Nov 2002, Maxim Maletsky wrote: > > > > > It is just as true. But, there is also another side of the coin - having > > > errors internationalized will sound like "PHP-translated" not only "DOCS > > > translated" - an extra tool to tell that Open Source cares of usability. > > > > I don't care what others think about the usability, I > > only know that adding these localized things brings more work for me > > when working on PHP. > > That sounds selfish of us, Derick.
It sure does sound like that, but what is wrong with that? > PHP is an Open Source and has to compete with commercial applications > where this is being one of the highest priorities, often even higher > than overall performance. PHP has already accomplished remarkable > performance and efficiency values, it also has done good job in > usability. Only because coders will have to open an extra file when > looking for an error string, should not mean that this programming > language musts abandon these values. Absolutely it should. We're not making it any less usable anyway by not adding localized errors. Derick -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Derick Rethans http://derickrethans.nl/ PHP Magazine - PHP Magazine for Professionals http://php-mag.net/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- PHP Development Mailing List <http://www.php.net/> To unsubscribe, visit: http://www.php.net/unsub.php
