From: Masataka Ohta <mohta@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp>
Message-Id: <9402271644.AA19754@necom830.cc.titech.ac.jp>
Subject: Re: Selecting Languages
To: uri@bunyip.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 94 1:44:38 JST
In-Reply-To: <9402271335.AA08708@mahler.ntt.jp>; from "Hitoaki Sakamoto" at Feb 27, 94 10:35 pm
> Hi Masataka,
>
> I haven't seen you for a long time.... :-)
For more than a year. Will you go Seattle?
> >> So, whether it should be extended or not and how can it be extended
> >> is, I think, the largest issue.
>
> Let me see. But ISO 639 is resonable for the time. Do you
> think about it?
It depends on applications.
ISO 639 is enough for the coarsest approximation, and can be used
for a while until extension mechanism is developed based on
real needs and experiences, I think.
> >> Do you want to distinguish Queen's and American English?
>
> It is diffcult for me to make exact distinctions between
> both languages. ;-<
The difference is minor and ISO 639 nor its proposed extension does not
distinguish them.
But, UNIX command spell distinguishes them, at least.
Masataka Ohta