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قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by amenod »

cyborgx7 wrote: post #167
pgcj_poster wrote: post #135

This is at best useless, and at worst harmful. If we start using languages other than English for code, then we'll end up balkanizing the software world. People in humanities departments can talk about things like "Chinese Poetry" and "Continental Philosophy," but in STEM, we should be above that nonsense. I should be able to read code written anywhere in the world and understand what it does. This is the same reason…

So glad this turned out to be a joke in the second paragraf. The first is very believable. I've definitely encountered people who would write something like it unironically.

TBH, I didn't get the joke until I read your comment. A small "/s" at the end wouldn't hurt.

Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by collyw »

tpush wrote: post #178
pgcj_poster wrote: post #135

This is at best useless, and at worst harmful. If we start using languages other than English for code, then we'll end up balkanizing the software world. People in humanities departments can talk about things like "Chinese Poetry" and "Continental Philosophy," but in STEM, we should be above that nonsense. I should be able to read code written anywhere in the world and understand what it does. This is the same reason…

This comment is a good way to see all the HN users who go off of a comment without reading it fully.

Doesn't everyone do that?

Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by namelosw »

Yuval_Halevi wrote: post #110

It's actually never come to my mind that there are only English programming languages So programmers in China and Russia also using only English programming language?

In China there are several Chinese PLs, the most wildly used is called EPL(易)[0]. However, those are not generally used in production other than lightweight scripting scenarios.

Comment-wise, many companies use Chinese comments in code while many use English as well.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easy_Programming_Language

Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by kmlx »

varelaz wrote: post #184
pgcj_poster wrote: post #135

This is at best useless, and at worst harmful. If we start using languages other than English for code, then we'll end up balkanizing the software world. People in humanities departments can talk about things like "Chinese Poetry" and "Continental Philosophy," but in STEM, we should be above that nonsense. I should be able to read code written anywhere in the world and understand what it does. This is the same reason…

A lot of people don't speak English and I think it's main barrier to become a programmer or QA engineer.

it's much much easier to learn coding than to learn English. i have coworkers that don't speak English but have no problems coding.

Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by mikorym »

pgcj_poster wrote: post #135

This is at best useless, and at worst harmful. If we start using languages other than English for code, then we'll end up balkanizing the software world. People in humanities departments can talk about things like "Chinese Poetry" and "Continental Philosophy," but in STEM, we should be above that nonsense. I should be able to read code written anywhere in the world and understand what it does. This is the same reason…

>> It is implemented as a tree-walking language interpreter in JavaScript.

I think this is probably why it is neither useful nor intended to useful other than as an "exercise".

Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by cyborgx7 »

C1sc0cat wrote: post #193
cyborgx7 wrote: post #171

Imagine thinking cultural hegemony is good.

For science and technology yes - not that long ago you had to learn German in some scientific fields as that was where a lot of the useful work was being done.

Imagine the horror of having to learn another language to access valuable intellectual ressources. I just can't relate.

Re: قلب: a non-ASCII programming language written in Arabic

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Post by varelaz »

collyw wrote: post #187
pgcj_poster wrote: post #135

This is at best useless, and at worst harmful. If we start using languages other than English for code, then we'll end up balkanizing the software world. People in humanities departments can talk about things like "Chinese Poetry" and "Continental Philosophy," but in STEM, we should be above that nonsense. I should be able to read code written anywhere in the world and understand what it does. This is the same reason…

Considering that it is a relatively limited set of keywords and operators that make up a programming language, wouldn't it be relatively easy to translate it to a more friendly version?

Nope. You can translate instructions, but standard library and frameworks also should use local naming or it will be completely useless.
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