merari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agoI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldimagemessage-square127fedilinkarrow-up1858arrow-down17cross-posted to: ichhassees@feddit.orgich_iel@feddit.org
arrow-up1851arrow-down1imageI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldmerari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 months agomessage-square127fedilinkcross-posted to: ichhassees@feddit.orgich_iel@feddit.org
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up55·2 months agoSeriously, fuck Excel for this. I always hate to look up function names in German.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up28·2 months agoYes, I also hate it! The Italian version of Excel had the brilliant idea of translating the MID() function into STRINGA.ESTRAI(), which means “extract string”. Seriously, what the fuck.
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·2 months agoThe localisation of office software functions is atrocious in all languages. They should have defaulted to Volapuk, so that at least we could all suffer together.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 months agoIt should have been Latin so at least you could feel like a magician or something
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·2 months agoI thought of Latin, but then some people actually speak it, so they’d have an unfair advantage.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 months agoI would happily pull out my old dictionary and grammar books, for sure!
Seriously, fuck Excel for this. I always hate to look up function names in German.
Yes, I also hate it!
The Italian version of Excel had the brilliant idea of translating the
MID()function intoSTRINGA.ESTRAI(), which means “extract string”.Seriously, what the fuck.
The localisation of office software functions is atrocious in all languages. They should have defaulted to Volapuk, so that at least we could all suffer together.
It should have been Latin so at least you could feel like a magician or something
I thought of Latin, but then some people actually speak it, so they’d have an unfair advantage.
I would happily pull out my old dictionary and grammar books, for sure!