Peter Oliphant wrote:
Off topic, but related....sort of....hehe
Out of pure curiosity, are computer languages ever written in other
foreign languages? For example, in ENGLISH we have the 'switch-case'
command structure. But, is there another 'version' of VC++.NET that
uses, say, the FRENCH words for 'switch' and 'case' instead?
Actually there has been an attempt about 10 years ago in the French
education system to teach a limited "langage" that was written in French
(ie, keywords where in French). Useless to say that this teaching-only
language, that had been written only for and by the education system, was a
complete failure (I cannot even remember it's name right now...).
Beside that point, I must say that I find English much more usable for
technical discussions that many other languages, including my nativen
French. I am speaking about international, technical, English here mind you,
not Shakespeare!
Anyway, when trying to express complex, abstract ideas (for example in the
conception drafts for a soft), I often found it easier to express myself in
English where I can use small, short and readable sentences. By opposition,
in French - which I master of course better than English - I often end up
with complicated, tortuous grammar constructs that I found less readable.
Don't know if other languages give people the same feeling though.
For that reason, I am quite happy with English being the Esperanto and
Lingua Franca of computer science. Of course I prefer French for other
domains ;-)
Arnaud
MVP - VC
