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This is reductive. Programming languages, for better or worse, are almost 100% in English. Having such a word as its name is not helpful to the project.
by bantunes 5y ago
This is reductive. Programming languages, for better or worse, are almost 100% in English. Having such a word as its name is not helpful to the project.
- phillc73 5y agoExcept where they aren't.[1] Mostly or overwhelmingly programming languages are written in English, but not 100%. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_...
- chrisseaton 5y agoDid you miss the 'almost' in the comment you're replying to?
- mlang23 5y agoHeck, early version of basic for windows had translated function names. I dont know if MSFT is crazy enough to do that these days, but it was a major PITA and pretty hilarious back then.
- da39a3ee 5y agoThey said “almost”.