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Re: Show HN: Pakhi – Bangla Programming Language

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Post by gabordemooij »

aramachandran7 wrote: post #2

How common are programming languages designed with base languages other than english? This is the first one i’ve seen.

Well there is Citrine: https://citrine-lang.org/ - it offers a specialized version for over 110 human languages.

Re: Show HN: Pakhi – Bangla Programming Language

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Post by yowlingcat »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #7

While I 100% applaud the effort - and I absolutely love the idea of languages in non-English languages - you should be aware that phonetically (and if you drop the 'h'), the name is a racist term in the UK at least.

This is an ignorant statement. Pakhi means "bird" in Bengali. Check the translation.

Edit: To all the downvoters, I truly hope that ignorance is bliss for you. Maybe learn another language before you project your ressentiment tinged identity-politics idiocy onto something you don't even understand.

[1] https://translate.google.com/?sl=bn&tl=en&text=pakhi&op=tran...

Re: Show HN: Pakhi – Bangla Programming Language

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Post by naeemtee »

PaulRobinson wrote: post #7

While I 100% applaud the effort - and I absolutely love the idea of languages in non-English languages - you should be aware that phonetically (and if you drop the 'h'), the name is a racist term in the UK at least.

Pakhi means bird in Bangla. Bangladeshis also used to be Pakistani, so they're probably fine. ;)
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