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Subject: RE: kernel support for non-English user messages
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On Maw, 2003-04-15 at 04:44, Robert White wrote:
> Message codes would be *VERY BAD* anyway.  As soon as you start that, then
> you need a numbering authority and all that nonsense.

In the embedded world that isnt a problem. Ripping all the strings out
and replacing them with numbers is a useful process even if "Error
134117" is only constant in your product line.