[Mono-list] Resource System Proposal

[Miguel de Icaza]

> It's my personal impression, but I think issues such as internationalization
> belong to library/runtime domain and not to the language itself.

Well, it can be argued about other features in the language too.  The
issue is that when it comes to write applications that go into
production into many countries, internationalization is often ignored
(unless you happen to be working on the GNOME team ;-)

That being said, I think that we have got enough suggestions in the
table to work around the problem without touching the language or
requesting a change to the language.

> However, for average C#/Java/VB coder gettext syntax is convoluted:
>     _("Hey?!");

It is also ugly in C land really.  The first time you submit patches to
maintainers of C code they refuse ;-)

Another option is of course to stick with gettext ("....");

Miguel.