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> By the way a hilarius percentage of genealogy software assumes that names written differently are different, even though in a ton of language they depend on t
by nkrisc 8y ago
> By the way a hilarius percentage of genealogy software assumes that names written differently are different, even though in a ton of language they depend on the sex of the person.
I had never even considered that. That doesn't sound like it would be fun to code for. I know some other languages do that as well, and I assume they're not all quite the same, probably?
- isbvhodnvemrwvn 8y agoNot at all fun or easy, but having some option for defining equivalence groups of names solves the problem. This also solves the issues of weird spelling (the same name written 200 years ago looks different). A simple solution, covers a ton of use cases.