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Re: [Ltru] Re: Macrolanguage and extlang

"Mark Davis" <mark.davis@icu-project.org> Sun, 15 July 2007 23:12 UTC

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From: Mark Davis <mark.davis@icu-project.org>
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Subject: Re: [Ltru] Re: Macrolanguage and extlang
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> I do most strenuously object to upsetting the extlang applecart.  Extlangs
> are a sensible and necessary shim between the 639-2-only world of 4646
> and the mixed 639-2/3 world of 4646bis, and I have seen no compelling
> reasons why they should be discarded.  We have been planning them for
> years, and we should stick to our plan unless there is some hard reason
> to change it.


The main argument I've hear for extlang is behind-the-scenes-inertia. While
we made provision in 4646 for possibly accepting them in the future, it was
by no means a done-deal.

The only reason I've heard advocated for them is that it makes matching
easier. But in practice, we have simply not found that to be true. If it is
indeed  worthwhile to add this mechanism to 4646, a good case needs to be
made for it; and inertia isn't a good case.

Mark

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