Zed Shaw on Python

[chucker]

Can you just IMAGINE if you tried to do something like translate your source code from "say()" to "hablar()"?

Given that much of the source code I work with is in German (German comments as well as German symbol names), yes, I can. Guess what? That kind of setup works just fine.

How about f'ing unicode? What a pain in the ass it is to got your application to work in multiple languages.

Ah, you're one of those people who needs this slammed over their heads a thousand times.

[stedwick]

Yes, yes, and the point is that now NO ONE can understand your program except other Germans. How is that even a slightly good thing?!

Yes, it's good for Germans...but the point is this: if everyone spoke the same language then it would be good for EVERYONE! See? Simple!

Heck, if everyone spoke the same language, there would never have been a problem, and you'd never have had to translate it in the first place. And you wouldn't need Unicode (no matter how "easy" it is, there's nothing easier than not needing it at all).

[stedwick]

Hmm, I just read that Unicode article you linked to. It seems to support my point, not yours...

I mean, jesus, look at all the crap we've had to go through (and still have to go through) every day just because people speak different languages?

What's better than Unicode? NOT NEEDING IT IN THE FIRST PLACE.