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DateTime-Locale (0.41)

Even if not perfect this is a very comprehensive and useful library.

I do agree with BKB though, Dave is a total douchebag for not learning japanese, especially since he is compiling this data based on the CLDR charts.

Update: Yeah, I totally agree! Dave please upload 400 dists, it will be *MUCH* easier to deal with like that. Oh and also you're a total douche!

יובל קוג'מן - 2008-08-27 06:32:56
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DateTime-Locale (0.43)

[This is a review of DateTime::Locale::ja, but some of the contents refer to the DateTime::Locale module too.]

This module is inadequate. It makes no effort to conform to the standard Japanese practice regarding dates (era-based years) and thus is of little practical use. It's a kind of "paint-by-numbers" methodology of creating a locale module which doesn't really reflect local usage.

It would make more sense to have modules like this written by people who speak the languages in question. Further, it would make more sense not to package all the DateTime::Locale modules together, so that someone who just wants to install one language's locale doesn't end up having to download a hundred or so date localization modules.

Still, one must be very careful not to anger the Perl gods who write all these crappy modules.

BKB - 2008-08-26 19:54:06
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