I worked for a startup where the working language is French and the management mandated that all code and comments were to be written in English. Their justific

I worked for a startup where the working language is French and the management mandated that all code and comments were to be written in English. Their justification was that the most likely exit would be by being acquired by an English speaking (ie American) company and that they wouldn't buy assets that couldn't be worked on by English coders. Having worked at companies in both languages I didn't notice much difference in style. One thing that was pointed out to me is that trends and practices (TTD, agile etc.) take longer to reach the francosphere and that French companies are always X years behind their Silicon Valley contemporaries.