[ensocode]

This. I am always wondering if this was a serious decision. In my view it doesn't make any sense to switch function names by locale. It just confuses

[tasuki]

Presumably one uses the same locale everywhere? So switching by locale should not be a problem?

Supporting multiple languages is a problem all right: googling, communication, etc...

[hulitu]

> Presumably one uses the same locale everywhere?

It depends.

> So switching by locale should not be a problem?

Until you get an Excel file written in another locale. The coolest one i had was one with Japanese formulas.