User talk:Gerard Schildberger: Difference between revisions

::: Nowhere in the REXX program is there an enforcement of the correct spelling, nor is any determination attempted for that matter.   At the time, the REXX code (that I entered, version 1) honored the spelling as per the capitalization, and then later, I changed the REXX code to ignore the capitalization and use whatever spelling was first encountered in the appropriate Wiki file.   Later, I added transformations of Unicode characters that were translated in the best manner possible to Latin characters or to various accented characters (letters?) that were included in (DOS) code page 437.   This was a close to being "correct" as possible within what was available within the specifications of the code page that was being used with/for REXX at that time.   I had assumed that if a reader observed an entry for '''FORTRAN''' or '''Fortran''', they would assume it was the same computer programming language.   Programming languages entered as Unicode   ''and''   also ASCII are problematic, and I built a hand-coded list of a translate table between the two.   This translation is further complicated when some programming languages use   ''different''   alphabets for the same language   (or different Unicode characters, for that matter).   It is these situations that I was alluding to when I used the phrase   ''spelling police''.   If there isn't a common (accepted by all) spelling of a computer programming language, it would be a never-ending job to have a   ''correct''   list.   Whether or not that REXX can't handle Unicode characters, how would one handle the situation when different Unicode characters are specified?   I tried to do the best I could with the limitations of not being able to use Unicode characters within the REXX language (when storing literals).   Keep in mind that I coded the REXX entry to provide a complete list, as at that time, I couldn't observe what the ranking was for the REXX language as nobody had shown a ranking of computer programming languages on Rosetta Code that went beyond (the top) 15 entries.   If someone had shown a complete listing, these "misspelling" errors might've/would've been addressed (or even resolved/fixed) at a much earlier time   (and there wouldn't be a REXX entry).   But, to answer your query about checking one's output when the languages aren't correctly spelled, I would suggest that most of the time, it's a matter of capitalization.   If the spelling error is more dramatic, then use the closest spelling that conveys the name of the programming language as the reference.   Aside from all that, I'll entertain any suggestions that would solve or address this issue within the confines of the REXX language.   -- [[User:Gerard Schildberger|Gerard Schildberger]] ([[User talk:Gerard Schildberger|talk]]) 10:49, 4 December 2017 (UTC)