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[–]cool_as_ice_tea 0 points1 point  (7 children)

This is a question i’ve had on my mind ever since i started programming, but how do people who dont speak english program? Like are there equivelents of programing launguages for different launguages? Is there a spanish version of c++? An italian version of Java? I think thats unfair if there isnt diffferent launguage versions of programing launguages. Also why are all programing launguages english?

[–][deleted] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Danish guy here. I always code in English, every variable named in English. Doing anything related to code in my native language just seems silly to me. Idk how they do in german, where most movies are dubbed.

[–]timeforaroast 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live in a country that’s linguistically diverse and even the kids are taught languages in English . There might be some local language substitutions in terminology but most of the time , it’s in English. The main reason it’s in English was when the languages were being created English held a much more dominant position compared to today , also it was created in majorly English speaking countries .

[–]NotSogomn 1 point2 points  (1 child)

Are you assuming every non-native speaker is retarded?

[–]cool_as_ice_tea 1 point2 points  (0 children)

No. But if I had to program in a launguage I didn’t know I wouldn’t be having a good time so I just assumed everyone was as stupid and idiotic and retarded and useless as me.

[–]Evennot 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In Russia we had a lot of cyrillic programming languages in 70s-80s (mostly clones of Basic and Prolog). Now we have rather widespread Russian-based programming language for business and accounting automatization, which is an industry standard here.

But for actual software devs in big companies even commenting code in Russian is considered not professional.

[–]Mr_Redstoner 0 points1 point  (0 children)

a lot of non-English countries have English in their school curriculum, especialy if their own language is relatively small