XPost: comp.lang.fortran, comp.lang.c++   
   From: jameskuyper@alumni.caltech.edu   
      
   On 2026-02-01 05:35, David Brown wrote:   
   ...   
   > I fully understand why many people from non-English-speaking countries   
   > sometimes find it best to have an English locale or language settings on   
   > their systems.  But I have never understood why they pick US English for   
   > the purpose.  Despite the Brexit madness, UK standards are far closer to   
   > European norms than the US standards are.  And for many purposes, those   
   > norms are nearly global - the US is the only one that is different.   
   Because the US is fairly big, and has economic power disproportionate to   
   it's size, so it's peculiarities get catered to more often than might   
   otherwise seem justified. I am a US citizen, but I'm not endorsing this,   
   merely describing it.   
      
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