> Is it possible to be a programmer and not speak English? Are there any
> languages out there where the reserved words, library functions, etc.
> are in (say) German?
Hi John,
If you're asking about if it's possible, as in technically feasible, then
yes. As an example of this, see Damian Conway's Perligata, which is an
embedding of Latin in Perl:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~damian/papers/HTML/Perligata.html
I suspect, though, that the advantages of writing programs using keywords
in a different language is offset against the network effect of using
other people's code.
We have a hard enough time convincing people to look into languages like
Python or Scheme or Ocaml, where the differences are more than just
syntax. If we toss regional keywords into the mix, where the variation is
merely superficial, I don't know what will happen, but I don't think it
will be pretty. *grin*
Best of wishes!
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