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From: antispam@fricas.org (Waldek Hebisch)
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Subject: Re: Datasheet-flation?
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 02:21:12 -0000 (UTC)
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john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 24 Nov 2024 16:03:21 -0000 (UTC), antispam@fricas.org (Waldek
> Hebisch) wrote:
> 
>>john larkin <JL@gct.com> wrote:
>>> On Sat, 23 Nov 2024 19:05:36 -0000 (UTC), antispam@fricas.org (Waldek
>>> Hebisch) wrote:
>>> 
>>>>Don Y <blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:
>>>>> The data "sheet" for the new processor I'm using is ~16,000 pages.
>>>>> (note carefully the position of the comma separator)
>>>>
>>>>In my country people would ask why are you putting decimal
>>>>comma in a number that is supposed to be an integer?
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Are there any English-speaking countries that show an integer as
>>> 123.456.789  ?
>>
>>AFAIK in my country (Poland) this is an official format.  But I
>>do not remember seeing it in real life.  I an not saying that
>>I newer saw it, simply if I saw it it was rare enough that I
>>do not remember.
>>
>>This is an international place, and assumption that people who
>>read it speak English is unwarranted.  There are folks that
>>manage to read and write something resembling English but
>>they can not speak it.  However, the point is that writing
>>commas in numbers invites confusion (commas are too overloaded),
>>especially since 16 looks like much more likely number.
>>
>>BTW: When needing to speparate digits I normally use underscores.
>>That seem to minimize chance of confusion.
> 
> If you design electronics in Poland, you are pretty much stuck with
> having to read datasheets in American English.

Yes.  But they are technical documents that make at least some
attempt to clarity (possibly limited to avoiding commas in
numbers).

> I wonder if anything like Google Translate can make sensible
> translations of data sheets.

I saw result from translating a chinese datasheet, did not look
nice, but one could get from it useful info.

> Do people in Poland code processors or FPGAs in Polish? I suspect not.

I suspect that some do.  Not when there is international cooperation
or they want to sell code.  Of course syntax is standard but
comments and variable names may be in Polish.

> Does LT Spice have language versions?

I am using ngspice which I think is English only.

> I think the world is trending towards AE as a universal second
> language. 

EU has English as one of official languages, but it is subtly different
from British English and more from American English. 

And concerning datasheets, a lot of datasheets is Chinese only.

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                              Waldek Hebisch