Comments on: Has english conquered the entire computer world?

Question: Has english conquered the entire computer world?

jacalata — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:21:45 -0800

Are there any programming languages where the keywords/reserved words are in a language other than English? (ie; if, else, for)

vacapinta — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:26:49 -0800

Steven C. Den Beste — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:29:33 -0800

In APL they're all special symbols. There are no keywords at all, in English or in any other language.

jacalata — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 00:35:36 -0800

Thanks vacapinta, that first list is exactly what I was after!

teach me to look properly for myself!

disillusioned — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 02:45:25 -0800

See also, Whitespace, an entire programming language built around... whitespace.

chrisroberts — Tue, 25 Jul 2006 08:26:00 -0800

Going along with Steven and disillusioned lets not forget about brainfuck.