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Re: i18n of egcs
- To: craig at jcb-sc dot com
- Subject: Re: i18n of egcs
- From: alex dot buell at tahallah dot demon dot co dot uk
- Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 14:43:37 +0100 (BST)
- cc: egcs at cygnus dot com
On 28 Apr 1999 craig@jcb-sc.com wrote:
> (It is one thing for a *speaker* to choose the "most appropriate" term
> or phrase. It is quite another for a *listener* to insist on only
> that one most appropriate term, rejecting any other. In this case,
> plenty of people already acquainted with the ANSI C standard as such
> should not be forced to learn to say "ISO C" all the time. *We* (egcs
> developers) force *ourselves* to say that, because we're essentially
> in the role of "public speakers" here. That doesn't mean we should
> force *everyone* to use "ISO C", even on command-line options.)
May I add my 0.02 euros here. I, as an European, would much prefer to see
the -iso option included - maybe aliased to -ansi, I understand ISO and
ANSI are one and the same, are they not? The rest of the world *is* bigger
than America even if their military forces *are* bigger. 8)
Cheers,
Alex
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