• dejected_warp_core@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    I’m all in favor of zuruck replacing return, because that just sounds cooler. Plus z doesn’t get enough use in my programs these days.

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        3 days ago

        Do as most non-DACH countries do: Just use the regular letter instead of the Umlaut.

        Example:
        Über-Mensch -> Uber-Mensch

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          Just use the regular letter instead of the Umlaut

          But that’s just wrong. ü has a different meaning and pronunciation than u.

          If umlauts aren’t available, the correct way to write umlauts is with an additional e: zurueck.

          Über-Mensch -> Uber-Mensch

          Please be aware that this term can be problematic, since it can be seen as a foundation for fascist ideas. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Übermensch#Use_by_the_Nazis

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            2 days ago

            This makes it horrible to read. An example that comes to mind is a Finnish athlete with the last name Määttä. If it was Maatta, it would be pronounced differently but still understandable if you knew the person. But it was translated into Maeaettae which is just horrible

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              Also “Maatta” is a different word in Finnish with its own meaning: “without a country” or “without a land”, while “Määttä” does not have this meaning. I agree that the aeae makes it horrible to read, though. Another athlete whose name has some ä’s that make the it difficult to read when turned into ae’s is Mäkäräinen which then becomes Maekaeraeinen :D

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          If you replace the ü in “Das Wetter ist schwül” (“the weather is humid”) with a u though, you get “the weather is gay”.

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      3 days ago

      I often use z as a temp variable when i need something to compare to when creating new code but don’t want a separate window to the side or to experiment with something but don’t yet know what the result can or will be. I use z purely just because i know z is very very unlikely to have been used elsewhere, and if for some reason it has, then i just name it ‘zz’.

      This is actually temporary by the way. It does not stay in my code. Once I’m done with it, i delete it.