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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by chrisseaton on Thursday October 29, 2020 @07:59AM (#24929558)
The biggest falsehood I regularly see is requiring a 'city'. It seems like almost everyone does this. I don't live in a city. Many people live in villages or towns. What do you want me to put there?
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by SuperCuber on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:32AM (#24930258)
The village or town..?
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by Bost on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:44AM (#24930374)
I've been told, in the U.S. you don't really say or use the word "village". Even if the place has just some 300 souls living there. So "The village or town..?" may not pass the type-checking :)
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by tomjakubowski on Thursday October 29, 2020 @01:24PM (#24932846)
Many parts of the United States have municipalities legally incorporated as "villages". Illinois is one example, "the Village of Downers Grove" http://www.downers.us/
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Re:Falsehoods programmers believe about addresses (2013) by chrisseaton on Thursday October 29, 2020 @09:37AM (#24930309)
Why don't they ask for city/village/town then? Why always ask specifically for a city? Many people don't live in cities. Some don't live in any kind of town or village or anything.
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