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Re: Emacs as a translator's tool
From: |
Marcin Borkowski |
Subject: |
Re: Emacs as a translator's tool |
Date: |
Fri, 05 Jun 2020 19:19:59 +0200 |
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mu4e 1.1.0; emacs 27.0.50 |
On 2020-06-05, at 02:43, Emanuel Berg via Users list for the GNU Emacs text
editor <help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org> wrote:
> But I still don't understand why to have virtually
> the same code thrice...
If you find a good way to refactor it so that it is more DRY, I'd love
to see it. That code was written as a PoC quickly and without a lot of
thought.
>>> Well, that's a task for a parser rather to convert
>>> between one format to another... very mechanical
>>> and easy.
>>
>> Have you ever done a real-world translation like
>> this...?
>
> Every time I ever compiled source code for example.
> Also browsing the web involves the browser parsing
> HTML and CSS. It happens all the time when using
> a computer.
Obviously, I meant "translation" as in "translation between two natural
languages, done by a human being". I'd bet you did not, otherwise you'd
never say that it is "mechanical and easy".
Best,
--
Marcin Borkowski
http://mbork.pl
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, (continued)
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/01
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Marcin Borkowski, 2020/06/04
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/04
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2020/06/04
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/04
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2020/06/04
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/04
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2020/06/05
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Marcin Borkowski, 2020/06/05
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/05
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool,
Marcin Borkowski <=
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/07
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Eric Abrahamsen, 2020/06/07
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/07
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Eric Abrahamsen, 2020/06/07
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/07
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Marcin Borkowski, 2020/06/08
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/08
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/08
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Emanuel Berg, 2020/06/08
- Re: Emacs as a translator's tool, Jean-Christophe Helary, 2020/06/08