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Re: new locale in 1.8

Date 2014-03-25 22:05 -0400
From Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject Re: new locale in 1.8
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On 3/25/2014 8:34 PM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 3/25/2014 7:40 PM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
>> On 3/25/2014 12:57 PM, Roedy Green wrote:
>>> There is a new locale SS for South Sudan in JDK 1.8.
>>
>> There are many changes in 1.8.
>>
>> With all due respect for the new country of South Sudan, then I don't
>> think this new locale is among the most useful for the majority of Java
>> programmers.
>
>      As long as we're discussing possible simplifications for
> Java, I suggest we eliminate those silly decorations on letters.
> They're ønly øf interest tø a small minørity øf prøgrammers,
> tøø few tø wørry abøut.

Nobody will miss 646, but I think more than a small minority
would miss 8859 and 10646.

Arne

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new locale in 1.8 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-03-25 09:57 -0700
  Re: new locale in 1.8 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-03-25 19:40 -0400
    Re: new locale in 1.8 Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2014-03-25 20:34 -0400
      Re: new locale in 1.8 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-03-25 22:05 -0400
      Re: new locale in 1.8 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-03-26 17:01 -0700
      Re: new locale in 1.8 Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2014-03-28 22:02 -0400
  Re: new locale in 1.8 Roedy Green <see_website@mindprod.com.invalid> - 2014-03-26 17:03 -0700

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