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SubjectRe: kernel support for non-English user messages
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> > I've used VMS, and error code number encoding is a total heap of crap.
>
> Maybe for developers, but users like it. I can still remember back in
> the Old Days, taking those error codes and looking them up in something
> called a "manual" where there was a coherent explanation of
> what had gone wrong and even suggestions on what to do about it.

Well, you don't need error codes to make a comprehensive manual, you
can just look up the English error message, and get a detailed
explaination of it, in any language.

John.
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