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Subject: Re: Explanation of this Python language feature? [x for x in x for x in x] (to flatten a nested list)
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2014 13:48:34 -0400
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On Saturday 29 March 2014 13:47:13 Marko Rauhamaa did opine:

> Roy Smith <roy@panix.com>:
> > Have you ever done any work in PHP? Many of the error messages are
> > Hebrew, transliterated into English. I've gotten many a
> > T_PAAMAYIM_NEKUDOTAYIM error.
> 
> I hate localization. You get a error message in Finnish from "make" or
> "grep" and then you try to google it.
> 
> So mine is en_US, but I know people who do fi_FI.
> 
> 
> Marko

I don't hate it at all.  If, by reporting the error in the persons 1st 
language, he learns faster, that is a huge plus to me.

Cheers, Gene
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