theoretical idea - would this work?
theoretical idea - would this work?
- Subject: theoretical idea - would this work?
- From: Diggory Laycock <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2002 18:08:01 +0000
Obj-C/Cocoa is very human-readable code. But it is in English and Mac
OS X is a global OS.
*In theory* would it be possible (not necessarily economically viable -
given the man-hours needed) to "localise" the cocoa frameworks?
I'll admit I know very little about how how Obj works "underneath" (I
skimmed that PDF) but am I right in thinking that actual name of a
method is lost at compile time as it becomes a selector.
I'm not suggesting that this is something Apple should do, but I would
just be interested to know if it were theoretically possible.
Or is English an industry standard that would not benefit from being
changed (like pilots having to speak English.)
Hope this isn't too off-topic :-)
Diggory Laycock - MonkeyFood.com (an Englishman who is glad he already
speaks English!)
Tel: +44 7050 124080
(07050 124080 from UK)