On Tuesday 28 October 2003 05:33, Tom wrote: > On Mon, Oct 27, 2003 at 11:20:36PM -0500, Nori Heikkinen wrote: > > the distinction that's being missed here is that people don't code in > > english, people use english words as symbols in their code. there's a > > huge difference. > > Random webpage I have open... > GtkTreeStore* gtk_tree_store_new (gint n_columns, > ...); > > there is some language content here, some internal linguistic structure. > If they were purely logical constructs we'd be as likely to see: > > BrownBear* gtk_brownbear_drip (fishnet stars); > > as > > y=f(x) > w=u(t) > > both convey the same meaning to us. There's a bit more going on there. Just to add my opinion as german speaking programmer: I use english for programming because its the only language I can be sure every other programmer understands. This just ensures that I can share my code with others. As far as small programs and scripts are concerned I just use english for them because I am used to it.. Johannes -- "More than machinery we need humanity" -- Charlie Chaplin, The Great Dictator
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