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   Lawrence =?iso-8859-13?q?D=FFOlivei to Lynn McGuire   
   Re: "Internationalis(z)ing Code - Comput   
   06 Feb 26 04:50:09   
   
   XPost: comp.lang.c++   
   From: ldo@nz.invalid   
      
   On Thu, 5 Feb 2026 20:22:37 -0600, Lynn McGuire wrote:   
      
   > I can tell that you have never worked on a large software package.   
   > You do not rip it up just to modernize a section of the code.   
      
   Stop trying to cast aspersions on those offering advice.   
      
   If it can replace a bunch of code you have to rewrite anyway, it   
   should be worth it.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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