@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 3 days agoI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1832
arrow-up1832imageI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.world@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 3 days agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-square@RamblingPandalink54•3 days agoSeriously, fuck Excel for this. I always hate to look up function names in German.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink26•3 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish4•2 days 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-square@[email protected]linkfedilink3•2 days agoIt should have been Latin so at least you could feel like a magician or something
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish1•2 days agoI thought of Latin, but then some people actually speak it, so they’d have an unfair advantage.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink1•9 hours agoI would happily pull out my old dictionary and grammar books, for sure!
Seriously, fuck Excel for this. I always hate to look up function names in German.
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!