What is en_US ?

[Gordon Keehn]

On Wed, 2007-06-13 at 11:31 -0400, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>>> I enjoyed that sort of entertainment in the installer.  My favorite
>>> was the "let's all go to the kitchen and get a snack!" one with the
>>> smiling refrigerator & hot dog (again, this could just be the drugs
>>> talking :). 
>>>       
    Going back to the late '70s, the system generation for the RSX-11 
operating system for the PDP-11 series was a semi-interactive 
question-and-answer process which culminated in a several hour (on the 
11-34 that I was supporting) delay while the kernel was compiled and 
built.  One of the first questions asked was whether the generation was 
being done in the UK, England, France, or Germany.  The first time I 
added support for a new device, I had visions of NLS support (although 
not by that acronym in the '70s), and was amazed at what computers could 
do.  It turned out that a message was issued just before the actual 
generation started, warning that the next process could take several 
hours, and suggesting that the invoker take a break and have a <cup of 
coffee / cup of tea / glass of wine / glass of beer>.  (Depending on the 
response to the earlier question.)
    Cheers,
Gordon Keehn