Re: automatic en_GB to en_US conversion

[Tom Tromey <tromey@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Robert> I suspect it is more practical to have programs in
Robert> international (Commonwealth) English, and then make a special
Robert> en_US version. This might have the beneficial side-effect of
Robert> making American programmers more aware of locales. On the
Robert> other hand, the task of persuading American programmers to
Robert> abandon their simplified forms and write in the Queen's
Robert> english would probably be much harder than just writing a full
Robert> AI able to do all localisation of it's own accord.

It isn't just a question of persuasion, but also one of education.  As
an American I can say I'm fairly certain I don't know all the
differences between en_GB and en_US.  Relying on me, and people like
me, to do this work would just result in incorrect en_GB translations
-- more frustration all around.

Tom
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