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Vinnl 6 hours ago

This post shows a lot of the challenges with localisation, that many seemingly simple tools don't have an answer to: https://hacks.mozilla.org/2019/04/fluent-1-0-a-localization-...

(Fluent informed much of the design of MessageFormat 2.)

draw_down 5 hours ago | parent [-]

Indeed, if only it were as simple as “{n} rows”.

I18n / l10n is full of things like this, important details that couldn’t be more boring or fiddly to implement.

Joker_vD 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Which is why Windows UI is littered with language like "number of rows: {n}".

Gabrys1 4 hours ago | parent [-]

Makes it easier to parse by automatic tools too