Why "LANG=C"? (not D or E or F)

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Mar 15, 202621365 views

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In order to turn off localisation features one should set the LANG environment variable to "C". Why "C"? Where did it come from?

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In the C programming language, the locale name “specifies the minimal environment for C translation” (C99 §7.11.1.1; the principle has been the same since at least the 1980s). As most operating systems are written in C, especially the Unix-inspired …

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