When I was a younger programmer I always wondered why we don't have a symbolic programming language free of any text - except maybe for resources. Should be easier to parse and would be fair to everybody.
On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 8:39 AM, Todd Costella <[email protected]>wrote: > 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 > > > > > -- Ruben Reusser headwire.com, Inc 949 595 4365 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
