IIRC, Microsoft used to release localized versions of their IDEs (not the compilers themselves), but they weren't very popular as most people outside English-sp

IIRC, Microsoft used to release localized versions of their IDEs (not the compilers themselves), but they weren't very popular as most people outside English-speaking countries perceived them to be somehow substandard. I believe they were also shipped after the English versions, so early adopters were forced into the 'merican way.