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The overwhelming majority of programming languages use English keywords Can anyone tell me any programming language which doesn't use english keywords!?! Engl

The overwhelming majority of programming languages use English keywords Can anyone tell me any programming language which doesn't use english keywords!?! English is the common language of communication throughout the world, and consequentially the effect has percolated into the hacker world too I guess !

pavelludiq 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_l... I guess the most famous ones are Brainfuck and the Perl module that lets you write Perl in Latin http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata....
jgrahamc 18y ago
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_l...
sethg 18y ago
Can anyone tell me any programming language which doesn't use english keywords!?! APL?
- pmarin 18y ago
  There are lot of dialects of LOGO in other languages than English
Anon84 18y ago
Not sure it counts, but... the Portuguese version of Excel uses portuguese keywords for all the functions (Soma instead of Sum, etc) Also "BrainFuck", but that one doesn't use any words at all, just a few symbols.
vinutheraj 18y ago
Well the relevant question is do people do serious coding in any non-english programming languages ?! That's why I was so surprised when I heard of them !
- whacked_new 18y ago
  Yes, nadesiko: http://nadesi.com/ http://nadesi.com/ It would be hard for one to understand how anybody uses it, if you don't understand the language, but that does not imply non-existence. You'd also be hard-pressed to find any, because all your searches will come up in English :) But if you're talking about cutting edge, then, no.
ramchip 18y ago
Fjölnir, renowned for its "GRUNNUR"...
Rexxar 18y ago
The template language of spip : http://www.spip.net/@?lang=en http://www.spip.net/@?lang=en
neonscribe 18y ago
Algol 68, one of the grand failures in programming language history, allowed for multiple representations of the same source code, including allowing for each natural language to define its own set of keywords. You can see a code sample with English or German keywords in the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_68 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_68 Just to be clear, I consider this to be an argument against the idea.

pavelludiq 18y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_l... I guess the most famous ones are Brainfuck and the Perl module that lets you write Perl in Latin http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata....

jgrahamc 18y ago

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_l...

sethg 18y ago

Can anyone tell me any programming language which doesn't use english keywords!?! APL?

pmarin 18y ago
There are lot of dialects of LOGO in other languages than English

Anon84 18y ago

Not sure it counts, but... the Portuguese version of Excel uses portuguese keywords for all the functions (Soma instead of Sum, etc) Also "BrainFuck", but that one doesn't use any words at all, just a few symbols.

vinutheraj 18y ago

Well the relevant question is do people do serious coding in any non-english programming languages ?! That's why I was so surprised when I heard of them !

whacked_new 18y ago
Yes, nadesiko: http://nadesi.com/ http://nadesi.com/ It would be hard for one to understand how anybody uses it, if you don't understand the language, but that does not imply non-existence. You'd also be hard-pressed to find any, because all your searches will come up in English :) But if you're talking about cutting edge, then, no.

ramchip 18y ago

Fjölnir, renowned for its "GRUNNUR"...

Rexxar 18y ago

The template language of spip : http://www.spip.net/@?lang=en http://www.spip.net/@?lang=en

neonscribe 18y ago

Algol 68, one of the grand failures in programming language history, allowed for multiple representations of the same source code, including allowing for each natural language to define its own set of keywords. You can see a code sample with English or German keywords in the Wikipedia entry: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_68 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ALGOL_68 Just to be clear, I consider this to be an argument against the idea.