Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic
by ahje on Friday October 25, 2019 @04:13AM
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Yeah, the translated VB functions in Excel are a nightmare, especially when one works in a multi-lingual workplace. If you haven't heard finns complain about things being in Swedish before, then I can recommend handing them an excel-sheet with the VB code in Swedish and watch the chaos unfold. :D
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Re:قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic
by C1sc0cat on Friday October 25, 2019 @06:48AM
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Not function related but I work in a very international org and when excel traverses international boundaries you get strange effects.
Changing some accented characters in a well known brand name into strange ones used in "obscure Serb Croat religious documents