Jeff just posted this on his twitter feed: http://twitter.com/codinghorror/status/1564775356
<quote> c'mon. What serious language has characters wearing little tiny hats? àèìòù áéíóúý âêîôû ãñõ äëïöüŸ Åå? or beards? çÇ -- I REST MY CASE! about 4 hours ago from web codinghorror Jeff Atwood </quote> sigh. welcome to diversity. (Yes I realize this is said tounge in cheek. Maybe.) -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mwanji Ezana Sent: Saturday, April 18, 2009 4:24 AM To: The Java Posse Subject: [The Java Posse] Re: Les CastCodeurs == Java Posse in French On Apr 17, 4:27 pm, "Todd Costella" <[email protected]> wrote: > If I heard correctly, one of the main reasons they fellows are doing the > podcast is that they work all day in English and wanted to have some outlet > to discuss technical topics in French. I have a ton of respect for folks that > speak multiple languages. > > It's something we (English) North Americans just take for granted that we'll > do a Google search and find an answer in English. I do wish the fellows the > best of luck with their Podcast. I'll be following along as best I can > keeping up with Java news. That reminds me of Jeff Atwood's recent statements on his blog and the Stack Overflow podcast about English as the only language that counts for programmers. For someone who's created such a successful piece of social software, I'm surprised he didn't see why people would want to talk about programming in their own language. Mwanji --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "The Java Posse" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/javaposse?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
