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"German comments removal" sounds like a lot of work. It is always very annoying when programmers comment (or even name their variables/functions/whatever) using
by bergie 14y ago
"German comments removal" sounds like a lot of work. It is always very annoying when programmers comment (or even name their variables/functions/whatever) using another language than English.
Most APIs are based on English so this makes a very messy combination. And yet people do it often, hindering the possibility of foreigners to contribute.
A recent example I've run into is the WYSIWYG editing extension for ShareJS, with all comments in Russian. I'd love to reuse it, but this just keeps me away:
https://github.com/rizzoma/ShareJS/blob/master/src/client/rizzoma/editor/editor_v2.coffee#L199 https://github.com/rizzoma/ShareJS/blob/master/src/client/ri...
(note: I can read Cyrillic characters and do understand some Russian, but still)
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- gpvos 14y agoNote that the original StarOffice was written by a German company. These comments might be in the oldest parts of the code. Wikipedia: > The German company StarDivision in Lüneburg (founded by 16-year-old Marco Börries in 1984) wrote the original components of StarOffice
- vhf 14y agoas detected by Miklos' nice bin/find-german-comments script Don't know why, but it made me laugh. bin/german-and-comment would have been a great pun.
- graue 14y agoI'm sorry, I've really tried and even said this out loud a couple times, but I don't get the pun. Explain?
- vhf 14y agoIch bin <=> I am Ich bin Deutscher <=> I'm german ich bin german and comment <=> I am german and comment or bin german and comment <=> am Deutscher und kommentiere
- signalsignal 14y agoI think bin/germane-comment would have been a great pun.
- kobzevvv 14y agoBTW, You don't have to use rizzoma source. We publish it just because people ask. English version for our rich editor will be launched after supporting of most browsers be ready.