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I don't think that's a bug. I think that's a rather nice feature that programmers all over the world can talk to each other. Programs are written for other prog

I don't think that's a bug. I think that's a rather nice feature that programmers all over the world can talk to each other. Programs are written for other programmers to read and only incidentally for a computer to execute.

booleandilemma 2y ago
I feel the same way. Modern science standardized around English and I don't mind programming standardizing around English also.
- staunton 2y ago
  > I don't mind programming standardizing around English also. Will you mind when everything re-standardizes around Chinese?
  - booleandilemma 2y ago
    If and when that ever happens I'll be dead by then, so no :) But I hope humans of the future can standardize around something. It's better than the alternative.
  - justin66 2y ago
    Given China's ongoing demographic collapse [0] it is unclear how that could happen, not to mention why. [0] https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinas-population-could-shrink-to-half-by-2100/ https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/chinas-population...