> I think programming languages are too far away from natural languages
> and generally have little to do with the English language. The
> question of coding in specific native languages makes sense only in
> the context of literate programming. Otherwise programming languages
> have their own syntax and semantics.
I am not a developer, just a writer. But I feel just like English and
Hindi, any programming language is just another language. The primary
goal of any language is communication, and it evolves with time. So,
instead of localization of programming language (what difference does
it make to use some local replacement of {, <>, $ etc?). Localization
matters when it comes to UI. A farmer who wants to use a MID to know
about price cares if he can see names in his local language, a guy
sitting in small village who only knows Hindi is either way not going
to write a programme. So, I believe, localization is OK in terms of
content, but not in terms of programming language, yes if we can come
out with a new language then its all together different ball game, but
then that would become another programming language for the
programming world, just like Python and Perl, and not a *local*
language.
I hope I have not said anything beyond my understanding. If I did,
then as I said earlier -- I am a writer and not a programmer :-)
Swapnil
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