[BoW] First Flame War (English Style)

[Attila Kinali]

On Wed, 24 Sep 2008 16:18:03 +0100
"Robert Swain" <robert.swain at gmail.com> wrote:

> 2008/9/24 Benjamin Larsson <banan at ludd.ltu.se>:
> > Mike Melanson wrote:
> >> Allow me to kick off the first flame war for the Book of Wisdom:
> >>
> >> U.S. vs. British English.
> >>
> >> I saw the word "Quantisation" in the contents. That's British-style.
> >> U.S. style =~ s/s/z/;

That's by design :-)

> I'm in the 's'/it doesn't even really matter if we're inconsistent in
> code because it's still comprehensible anyway camp. But it seems this
> has already been decided as it is in the README that English of a
> British tongue should be used throughout. My guess is that that was
> Måns' influence.

Not only. I don't remember anymore what Roberto has said to that
issue, but Måns and me wanted to have British style.

Why? Because there are too many books with US style out there already :-)

If anyone thinks that's a problem, please speak up, otherwise
i regard it as a bike shed issue which should be resloved quick
and dirty and not over a length discussion.

			Attila Kinali

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