Look at Ruby. The guy who came up with it is a researcher at Osaka university; English is definitely not his native language. Computers tend to use English fo

Look at Ruby. The guy who came up with it is a researcher at Osaka university; English is definitely not his native language. Computers tend to use English for a number of reasons, some practical, but mostly historical. In this particular case, the practical reason involves the lack of a good, concise, 'if-then-else' structure in the Japanese language. Sure, the idea can be expressed, but it isn't really a common construct in everyday life.