Re: Internationalization of Lua

["Soni L." <fakedme@...>]

On 21/11/16 11:34 AM, mathieu stumpf guntz wrote:
> Le 21/11/2016 à 12:46, Soni L. a écrit :
> > On 20/11/16 07:20 PM, mathieu stumpf guntz wrote:
> > > [snip]
> > >
> > >
> > > Kind regards,
> > > Mathieu
> >
> > Why localize at all?
> >
> > Why not *un*localize?
> >
> > Replace every keyword with symbols, that'll be the basis to getting 
> > "universal lua" working. Then allow just about any unicode character 
> > in identifiers. Then rename the "require" function somehow, and use 
> > something like _ENV = require("esperanto") to switch language.
> Well, this description of "unlocalizing", is somewhat an 
> internalization process, isn't it? Or am I missing some point?
Yes, but language-agnostic rather than language-specific. It requires no 
change to the VM in order to add new languages - just create a module 
for the new language. It also supports multiple languages at the same 
time (in the same VM).

--
Disclaimer: these emails may be made public at any given time, with or without reason. If you don't agree with this, DO NOT REPLY.