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What on earth is this post even talking about? People can name their variables and write their comments in any language they see fit. How you've managed to draw

by Permit 14y ago

What on earth is this post even talking about? People can name their variables and write their comments in any language they see fit. How you've managed to draw a parallel between the current state of programming languages and "negroes in the army" is astounding... >I value inclusiveness, that includes including people who don't speak English. This is incredibly vacant. You value inclusiveness but you don't cite a single place where you'd like to see that. Do you want more programming languages to be constructed in Portuguese? Do you want to see more French comments on HN? What specifically are you looking for? Edit: Perhaps I'm missing something crucial in the linked video? YouTube is blocked at my workplace. Edit2: Alright, there's been a line added to the post referencing http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886560 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886560 Although I might disagree with the post, there is certainly context for its existence now.

dangrossman 14y ago
It's probably a response to this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886560 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886560
raganwald 14y ago
The post is talking about doing things like participating in discussions, submitting issues or feature requests, reading or writing documentation, and so on. Try submitting a pull request to any major OS project. Can you document your changes in Spanish?
- Permit 14y ago
  I'd imagine you can document your changes in the language the product has been documented in previously. Reading and understanding software is an already difficult task, I'm not sure why you insist we add an additional layer of complexity to it. Your intentions are noble, but I think the end result is a detriment not only to any English committers, but to the Japananese committer who is also expected to be able to understand/translate Spanish and English. And when she starts committing in Japanese, your original Spanish committer is now saddled with an additional layer of complexity. The army analogy is a little bizarre to me as well. The issues of discrimination you pointed out were not centralized around communication issues. I imagine most militaries don't support all the languages of the world due to the obvious communication problems this would create.

by Permit 14y ago

dangrossman 14y ago

It's probably a response to this discussion: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886560 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4886560

raganwald 14y ago

The post is talking about doing things like participating in discussions, submitting issues or feature requests, reading or writing documentation, and so on. Try submitting a pull request to any major OS project. Can you document your changes in Spanish?

Permit 14y ago
I'd imagine you can document your changes in the language the product has been documented in previously. Reading and understanding software is an already difficult task, I'm not sure why you insist we add an additional layer of complexity to it. Your intentions are noble, but I think the end result is a detriment not only to any English committers, but to the Japananese committer who is also expected to be able to understand/translate Spanish and English. And when she starts committing in Japanese, your original Spanish committer is now saddled with an additional layer of complexity. The army analogy is a little bizarre to me as well. The issues of discrimination you pointed out were not centralized around communication issues. I imagine most militaries don't support all the languages of the world due to the obvious communication problems this would create.