From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Emanuel Berg Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.devel Subject: Re: emacs-losedows-builder Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:12:00 +0200 Message-ID: References: <1137fded-fc14-2445-bc6b-e8f2aceed56c@gmail.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: blaine.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain X-Trace: blaine.gmane.org 1472847170 24006 195.159.176.226 (2 Sep 2016 20:12:50 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2016 20:12:50 +0000 (UTC) User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/24.4 (gnu/linux) To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-X-From: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Fri Sep 02 22:12:43 2016 Return-path: Envelope-to: ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([208.118.235.17]) by blaine.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bfupJ-0004tn-DA for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:12:37 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([::1]:43741 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfupH-0000L8-6i for ged-emacs-devel@m.gmane.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:12:35 -0400 Original-Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:42192) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfupB-0000KW-8l for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:12:30 -0400 Original-Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfup8-00062b-2B for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:12:29 -0400 Original-Received: from [195.159.176.226] (port=56251 helo=blaine.gmane.org) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1bfup7-00061x-Rq for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 16:12:25 -0400 Original-Received: from list by blaine.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1bfuoy-0002iM-MD for emacs-devel@gnu.org; Fri, 02 Sep 2016 22:12:16 +0200 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Mail-Followup-To: emacs-devel@gnu.org Original-Lines: 49 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@blaine.gmane.org Mail-Copies-To: never Cancel-Lock: sha1:Xht/UAZncT0GTwS8OEvWQOgbwow= X-detected-operating-system: by eggs.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.2.x-3.x [generic] X-Received-From: 195.159.176.226 X-BeenThere: emacs-devel@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.21 Precedence: list List-Id: "Emacs development discussions." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-devel-bounces+ged-emacs-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Original-Sender: "Emacs-devel" Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.devel:207144 Archived-At: Richard Stallman wrote: > English is the principal language of > computing Indeed. People who speak English as their first language sometimes express understanding when people do documentation in their own, non-English languages or even write comments or code in some language other than English. While I understand the desire to be non-nationalistic and non-whatever this is an incorrect approach. To have people be anything less than fluent in (written) English is to wish for them never to reach their potential as hackers, for their programs never to reach the global village of computing... Ah, what I mean to say is: not good! Note that this doesn't mean books (manuals), webpages and perhaps some parts of documentation shouldn't be translated and/or produced in different languages. E.g., books that can end up in public libraries should be translated - I know the "book flow" so let me tell you, even books in very wierd subjects end up in public libraries, if they are in the spoken language of that country! This is more like a "charm offensive" tho - to attract complete newcomers etc. and give the movement as broad as surface as possible to the general public - to give them a soft start - for anyone aspiring to dig deep it should be clear he or she needs to pick up English, starting today... And the best way to do it is to do it while doing computing! As always, you shouldn't let school disturb you studies! -- underground experts united .... http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573 Emacs Gnus Blogomatic ......... http://user.it.uu.se/~embe8573/blogomatic - so far: 68 Blogomatic articles -