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The thing that makes english good for computers is the small alphabet size (smallest of any language I know), and the fact that a phrase is just a sequence of c
by fctorial 7y ago
The thing that makes english good for computers is the small alphabet size (smallest of any language I know), and the fact that a phrase is just a sequence of characters. These characteristics make it easy to get started with as well. What is the situation with this language?
- thaumasiotes 7y ago> The thing that makes english good for computers is the small alphabet size (smallest of any language I know) Compare Greek at a standard 24 characters to English's standard 26.
- GordonS 7y agoScots Gaelic uses only 23 latin letters, or only 18 if you don't count accented letters (e.g. it uses both "e" and "è").
- thaumasiotes 7y agoHawaiian has 13 (including the ').
- srik 7y agoIMO that's kind of a survivor syndrome though. The origins of modern comp science was heavily intermingled with latin languages and english in the form of ASCII just didn't get in the way. The entire alphabet of 52 main characters not including punctuation is not even close to being a small set. The world has adapted and considers it a non-issue anyway but personally I'd still like to see a lot more localization so people don't have to learn a second language in the form of english first, as it is now.