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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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