Re: Internationalization (was RE: Euro currency sign)

BChester@saros.com said:
> FR is a language (ISO 3316); ca is a country (ISO 639); FR-ca is a 
> locale designator (this is a different French than used in Paris!) 

ahem.....slight correction....fr_CA is a locale designator designating
a locale using the French language and Canadian country-specific customs,
and can be found on ftp://dkuug.dk/i18n/WG15-collection/locales/fr_CA

If one is using RFC 1766 rather than pure ISO 639 to refer to languages,
fr-CA refers to the French language as spoken/written in Canada, without
any reference to other customs of computing in Canada.

The difference is slight, but occasionally important.

                        Harald T. Alvestrand

Received on Sunday, 19 October 1997 18:07:04 UTC