merari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 days agoI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldimagemessage-square124fedilinkarrow-up1842arrow-down16
arrow-up1836arrow-down1imageI want a programming language that supports German style composite wordslemmy.worldmerari42@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 3 days agomessage-square124fedilink
minus-squareRamblingPanda@lemmynsfw.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up54·3 days agoSeriously, fuck Excel for this. I always hate to look up function names in German.
minus-squareScrollone@feddit.itlinkfedilinkarrow-up26·3 days 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-up4·3 days 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-up3·3 days agoIt should have been Latin so at least you could feel like a magician or something
minus-squareAnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·2 days agoI thought of Latin, but then some people actually speak it, so they’d have an unfair advantage.
minus-squarefibojoly@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·21 hours 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!