Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: kernel support for non-English user messages | Date | Fri, 11 Apr 2003 14:40:55 +0100 (BST) |
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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.
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