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Peter N. M. Hansteen
peter at bgnett.no
Sat Mar 26 13:22:53 PST 2005
Anthony Atkielski <atkielski.anthony at wanadoo.fr> writes:
> Localizing software destabilizes it; localized versions always contain
> more bugs (often very hard-to-find bugs) than original versions.
I fail to see how switching from one set of message strings files in a
correctly written application would destabilize it.
> Localized versions are a constant source of trouble. Even Windows,
> which makes special provisions for localization, is still far more
> bug-prone in non-English versions, and I always try to install
> U.S.-English versions if I can get them.
Oh, you're talking about Windows. Yes, there's been a lot of
localization related trouble there. But then we're relatively safe from
the secret brainfarts of Microsoft developers here.
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