GNU bug report logs - #43887
28.0.50; in HELLO: Javanese (Jawa) System.out.println("Sugeng siang!");

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>

Date: Fri, 9 Oct 2020 16:57:01 UTC

Severity: minor

Merged with 33178

Found in version 28.0.50

Fixed in version 28.1

Done: Stefan Kangas <stefan <at> marxist.se>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Stefan Kangas <stefankangas <at> gmail.com>
To: Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de>, Juri Linkov <juri <at> linkov.net>
Cc: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>, 43887 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, Jean Louis <bugs <at> gnu.support>
Subject: bug#43887: 28.0.50; in HELLO: Javanese (Jawa) System.out.println("Sugeng siang!");
Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2020 15:41:57 +0000

Michael Albinus <michael.albinus <at> gmx.de> writes:

>> Indeed, that was a stupid joke as these reports indicate.
>> The name of the programming language refers to coffee,
>> not to the language of people inhabiting the island.
>
> It is the nature of a joke that it isn't understood by everybody. Shall
> we really remove *every* joke from Emacs? I don't believe so.

It's not really binary though, is it?  We could remove some jokes but
keep others.

In this case, it seems to me that we get more mileage out of using the
Javanese script than keeping the (fairly weak) joke.
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