Re: theoretical idea - would this work?
Re: theoretical idea - would this work?
- Subject: Re: theoretical idea - would this work?
- From: "John C. Randolph" <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2002 11:43:15 -0800
On Saturday, January 26, 2002, at 10:08 AM, Diggory Laycock wrote:
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 :-)
There have been attempts to (say) offer the C language with
German, Spanish and Japanese keywords, but these efforts have
tended to fade out for lack of interest.
Anywhere in the world, if someone wants to write code the first
thing they do is learn English.
-jcr
John C. Randolph <email@hidden> (408) 974-8819
Sr. Software Engineer, Cocoa Evangelism
Apple Worldwide Developer Relations