Hi Neil.

08-Feb-03 11:35:02, Neil Heller wrote to andrew clarke


 NH>> Please tell me if I am experiencing a misunderstanding.

 ac>> But when I made that comment I was really thinking in terms of
 ac>> compliation time.

 NH> Aha!  My point of view is that compilation time is just part of
 NH> the job. The only thing that matters is the product that user's
 NH> experience.

 NH> Would there be any difference from the user's point of view
 NH> between loading strings from a string table and writing the
 NH> strings directly into source?

yes.

By loading the strings from a table (external data file?) you can use the
same table with any operating system.

doing it in the source means that different string sets (for different
international versions of the software) would need to be compiled for each
operating system

so one way the zobolonian user needs to download the zobolonian language
file for the appication  the other way he needs to carefully choose the
correct zobolonian language file.

OTOH if you're only supporting a single platfrom (like win9x) there's
seesntially no difference from the user's POV

From the developers POV hovever spelling miustakes are easier to correct in
a text file than in a compiled file (library or executable) also it's
easier to spellcheck a file that containins only human language and no
program code :)

 -=> Bye <=-

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