whats te best way to make a language easier to learn for indigenouspeople

[Greg]

Lately I have been Customizing C commands into another language
(Shona) to facilitate easier learning of C by Shona speaking people
using pre-processor directives i.e. (#include define)

is there a better way to have C or C++ available in another language.

[Sam]

Greg writes:

Lately I have been Customizing C commands into another language
(Shona) to facilitate easier learning of C by Shona speaking people
using pre-processor directives i.e. (#include define)

is there a better way to have C or C++ available in another language.

No. Face it, C, and pretty much all other programming languages, are written
in English. Trying to hodge-podge a translation of the programming
language's grammar to another (non-English) native language may seem like a
worthwhile idea at first, but will prove to be counter-productive in the
long run.

What you will essentially accomplish is making them learn a programming
language that only they will know. Even if they master their own nativ-ized
version of C, as soon as they see a real C program, that's it. They won't
make heads and tails of it. So, what have you really accomplish?

You'll just have to bite the bullet, and give them a crash course in basic
English, concurrently with studying the C programming language. English has
become, through a series of historical events, lingua franca of all
programming languages. Learning basic English is crucial to being able to
communicate with other programmers.

Occasionally I come across people trying to communicate on various technical
topics, in my native language. It's … not a pretty sight. Trying to converse
on programming topics in anything other than English is very painful.
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[Kai-Uwe Bux]

Greg wrote:

Lately I have been Customizing C commands into another language
(Shona) to facilitate easier learning of C by Shona speaking people
using pre-processor directives i.e. (#include define)

I did that once. The only consequence was that the code got totally
obfuscated and unmaintainable. I gave up on it very soon.

is there a better way to have C or C++ available in another language.

I guess, what would really help is a good text book on standard C++ in that
language.
Best

Kai-Uwe Bux

[Greg]

point taken thanx plenta for that. what of the case of the chines/
Japanese and the like. after reading all r comments i think a book in
my native language with the english symbols intact is a good option. i
am a proponent of ICT4D.

CHEERS

GREG
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