- From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp>
- Date: Wed, 7 Feb 96 12:32:21 JST
- To: Dennis_Hamilton@pa.xerox.com (Hamilton Dennis)
- Cc: uri@bunyip.com
> In an earlier exchange on the the URI distribution list, you made the > comment "that's why localization doesn't work" or something like that. > > I thought that was interesting. > > On reflection, I'm not clear what you saw. > > Are you saying that there is an inherent defect in localization? In this case, yes. > Do > you mean in principle or in a particular way of doing it? > I want to understand this better. Sometimes, like with full ISO 2022, multiple localizations can be freely mixed, in which case, localization can be a step toward internationalization. But, having mutually exclusive localizations and switch between them is just a pain, which is why EUC nor UNICODE is not internationalization. As for URLs, localized people can not be compatible with localized URLs unless they share the same locale. Masataka Ohta
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