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Are Programming Languages Only in English?

James H. Sterling • • 5 min read
Are Programming Languages Only in English?

MAKING THE CODE IN ENGLISH
But not all programming codes are in English. Although most keywords are written in English, comments, variable user written classes and methods are often in the programmer's own language. Over a third of programming language were developed in English speaking countries.

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In addition to these four widely available, multilingual programming languages, there are several dozen, maybe a hundred or so, programming languages that are available in a language or two other than English, such as Qalb (Arabic), Chinese Python, farsinet (Persian), Hindawi Programming System (Bengali, Gujarati, and ...

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James H. Sterling

James Sterling reports on renewable energy developments, climate policy, ecological conservation, and green tech innovations around the globe.