We (Russians) have got such experience already. The language is 1S where syntax is Cyrillic. This kind of syntax doesn’t like even Russian patriots.
чт, 11 апр. 2019 г., 23:16 Benjamin Morel <benjamin.mo...@gmail.com>: > The problem with this approach is that while it may become more readable > for the native speaker, it becomes pretty much impossible to read for the > rest of the world. > Having one single syntax for everyone allows all programmers in the world > to share code. I can't imagine a world where I'd find a library based on > Russian PHP on GitHub, that I can't contribute to or even understand (I > probably wouldn't use it). > English has the huge advantage to be quite simple to learn for basic > purposes, and it has a limited alphabet, composed only of ASCII letters. > > I'm not a native English speaker but have never been bothered by keywords > being called IF and THEN, even when reading BASIC books as a child before > taking any English course at school. > > This may be harder for people having a native language with a different > alphabet, though. > > - Ben > > > On Thu, 11 Apr 2019 at 22:32, Michael Morris <tendo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Submitted to the floor is a Wired article from 2 days ago I came across > > > > > > > https://www.wired.com/story/coding-is-for-everyoneas-long-as-you-speak-english/ > > > > The manual of PHP is translated into multiple languages - but what are > the > > development hurdles of the language itself being multilingual? > > > > From what I understand of the compiler - maybe not that much. The > language > > requires an opening tag, so we could hook into that like this example for > > Japanese > > > > <?php[マニュアル] > > > > A PHP opening tag with such a qualifier would change over all function > > names and reserved words. Could these would be set on a per file basis? > > > > The php.ini file could set the default language, the .htaccess file could > > also on per directory. > > > > I'll stop there cause I know there are problems I haven't thought of. And > > I'm not going to argue the syntax I just kicked out from the top of my > head > > is the best either. > > > > But I think it's worth the effort to at least look into the problem. > Wired > > has a point - people learn to code faster when they are working with > their > > own language. One of the stated goals of PHP's design has been > > accessibility so this seems to be appropriate. > > > > I yield the floor to those smarter and wiser than I. > > >
