I'm sure the original intention was to have an accommodation that was useful for any language installation, not one that is specifically derived on one. Like stated, instead of a yes/no function pulling the respected "YES" or "NO" based on the current language to be comparable to a universal string of "YES"/"NO" or a 1 or 0, or a 1 or 2. We are left with language specific answers that have to be compared to language specific strings.
I'm sure the original intention was to have an accommodation that was useful for any language installation, not one that is specifically derived on one. Like stated, instead of a yes/no function pulling the respected "YES" or "NO" based on the current language to be comparable to a universal string of "YES"/"NO" or a 1 or 0, or a 1 or 2. We are left with language specific answers that have to be compared to language specific strings.