merari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 1 month agoI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1865arrow-down17cross-posted to: ichhassees@feddit.orgich_iel@feddit.org
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minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·1 month agoYes, I also hate it! The Italian version of Excel had the brilliant idea of translating the MID() function into STRINGA.ESTRAI(), which means “extract string”. Seriously, what the fuck.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·1 month agoThe localisation of office software functions is atrocious in all languages. They should have defaulted to Volapuk, so that at least we could all suffer together.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·1 month agoIt should have been Latin so at least you could feel like a magician or something
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 month agoI thought of Latin, but then some people actually speak it, so they’d have an unfair advantage.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 month agoI would happily pull out my old dictionary and grammar books, for sure!
Yes, I also hate it!
The Italian version of Excel had the brilliant idea of translating the
MID()
function intoSTRINGA.ESTRAI()
, which means “extract string”.Seriously, what the fuck.
The localisation of office software functions is atrocious in all languages. They should have defaulted to Volapuk, so that at least we could all suffer together.
It should have been Latin so at least you could feel like a magician or something
I thought of Latin, but then some people actually speak it, so they’d have an unfair advantage.
I would happily pull out my old dictionary and grammar books, for sure!