Received: by nummer-3.proteosys id <01C19443.4AA5587C@nummer-3.proteosys>; Thu, 3 Jan 2002 11:42:07 +0100 x-vm-v5-data: ([nil nil nil nil nil nil nil t nil][nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil nil]) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4AA5587C" x-to: LATEX-L%DHDURZ1.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft Exchange V6.5 Content-class: urn:content-classes:message Subject: Re: LaTeX 2.09 beta-test Date: Sat, 26 Oct 1991 17:42:00 +0100 Message-ID: X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: From: "Don Hosek" Sender: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" To: "Multiple recipients of" Reply-To: "LaTeX-L Mailing list" Status: R X-Status: X-Keywords: X-UID: 419 This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4AA5587C Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable -Don Hosek writes: -> True, but unimportant. I know of no TeX format which loads a -> ... -> ... ..., I can think of no good -> reason why US English should *not* be language 0. -\begin{flame} -This xchr/xord discussion is something I'd rather watch than -participate in, but this is just b*llshit! I just hate this stupid -Anglo-American chauvinism with respect to languages. -\end{flame} I'm sorry to have inadvertently offended, but you still haven't addressed my point. There is nothing inherently special about \language0. I must correct my original statement in that I've come up with one case where it would not be desirable to have US English in language 0 and that's where someone is running TeX with high enough memory constraints that they'd only be loading one language, but I suspect that this is a rather unlikely scenario. Other than this, is there really any rational reason why US English shouldn't be language 0? It's not as if TeX always starts up in language 0 (only when beginning with "virgin" memory is that necessarily the case). -dh btw, if someone could change the subject line when continuing this thread (VMS mail doesn't really provide a convenient mechanism for such a thing). ------_=_NextPart_001_01C19443.4AA5587C Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Re: LaTeX 2.09 <Oct 91> beta-test

-Don Hosek writes:

-> True, but unimportant. I know of no TeX format = which loads a
-> ...
-> = ...           &nbs= p;            = ;          ..., I can think = of no good
-> reason why US English should *not* be language = 0.
-\begin{flame}
-This xchr/xord discussion is something I'd rather = watch than
-participate in, but this is just b*llshit! I just = hate this stupid
-Anglo-American chauvinism with respect to = languages.
-\end{flame}

I'm sorry to have inadvertently offended, but you = still haven't
addressed my point. There is nothing inherently = special about
\language0. I must correct my original statement in = that I've
come up with one case where it would not be desirable = to have US
English in language 0 and that's where someone is = running TeX
with high enough memory constraints that they'd only = be loading
one language, but I suspect that this is a rather = unlikely
scenario. Other than this, is there really any = rational reason
why US English shouldn't be language 0? It's not as = if TeX always
starts up in language 0 (only when beginning with = "virgin" memory
is that necessarily the case).

-dh

btw, if someone could change the subject line when = continuing
this thread (VMS mail doesn't really provide a = convenient
mechanism for such a thing).

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