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Is it feasible to write Ruby without knowing English? Despite its origin, I would have thought that's the one language all users have in common, since the stand
by prodigal_erik 14y ago
Is it feasible to write Ruby without knowing English? Despite its origin, I would have thought that's the one language all users have in common, since the standard library and all the builtins use it. I suppose someone bilingual could publish a gigantic monkey-patch that renames everything, but a quick search didn't lead me to anything like that.
- mechanical_fish 14y agoMemorizing a few hundred words isn't so bad, but it doesn't get you particularly close to being able to speak English. It would be like trying to put together a Japanese conversation out of the Japanese words I already know. (Now I find myself wondering which I've memorized more of: Japanese words or Ruby keywords and names.)