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Re:A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You (1999) by kingofhdds on Thursday November 22, 2018 @07:46PM (#18513586)
>It is equally unnatural in all languages, therefore the best possible solution.

I don't see what logic connects statements before, and after "therefore", sorry.

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Re:A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You (1999) by ncmncm on Friday November 23, 2018 @01:33AM (#18514766)
Emphasis is on the word "possible". Once you rule out all the impossible solutions, the solitary one that remains is definitively the best.
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Re:A Localization Horror Story: It Could Happen To You (1999) by kingofhdds on Saturday November 24, 2018 @07:32AM (#18521734)
Other solutions do exist, and it certainly means they are possible. There are likely solutions which not yet written in code, but possible anyway.
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