Re: [clisp-list] translations

[Reini U. <ru...@x-...>]

Sam Steingold schrieb:
> The reason the comments will always be in English only is simple:
> when you modify the code, you should modify the comments too.
> I cannot modify the German comments, so, when Stefan translated
> clos.lisp (just now), I had to edit his translation to reflect the
> changes I made long ago but did not document then: when editing a
> German-commented file, I often relied on code as self-documentation,
> and ignored the comments altogether.
> 
> > I had been using the sources to improve my understanding of German also.
> 
> CLISP is not the right place to learn German.

indeed. 
even for me as native german speaker the old german comments 
were also very confusing.
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Reini Urban
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