On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 5:33 PM, Parthan SR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> Wow, this thread I have been really entertaining to sit back and watch. > But this is growing out to be something which serves no purpose. Here > are my few thoughts, though wishing this thread will close soon. > > The idea of Coding in Native Languages is not new, a lot of people have > spoken and may be few even tried one in nook and corners of the world. I > even remember a similar topic running in one of the Indian GNU/Linux > Mailing List a few years ago. > > On one side, the idea is so welcomed as the requirement of English > knowledge is sometimes felt as a barrier for development as a majority > of our population are not that much literate in English. Under such > consideration, being able to write code, developer softwares with their > own native language is surely a boon. I don't understand, if such a > thing is possible, why shouldn't it be welcomed and supported as this > can be effectively used to create more desi softwares, solving local > problems and requirements, by people who are at the core of the problem > or the primary people exposed to it. Scratching ones own itch is better > than scratching other's itch. > > If such a system is possible and being developed, what might be of > concern is how compatible is it with other systems. We, as one amongst > the FOSS community, ought to think about developing softwares which can > be applied in a wide scope (except in case of specialized softwares > targeting a specific group of people). This means, we need to have a > facility to code in FOO programming language in BAR native language, but > being able to compile this code or transform this code into FOOBAR > native language. To put it simply, if A writes a Python code in Hindi, > there should be a cross-compiler or such thing which B can use to > convert the Python code into Tamil or Malayalam so that people in those > languages can improve the code, which A can take back and compile it > into Hindi. lol, Its not possible, why you forget about documentation ?? will documentation be in English why you forget about variable names?? If I code in hindi, with hindi vaibles, such as "mera_ank" that might not make any meaning after translation in Telgu. -- Try such experiment and tell LFY to publish --- Here, the concerned Programming Language remains the same > Python and hence the programmatic idioms and practices remains the > same.Thus, even when people work in their own languages, the code is > fully compatible between languages, while the main Programming Language > being followed is the same. > > I still consider this to be a dream, which is totally not impossible but > would be surprised if this happens in my life time. Nope,,, It is impossible to revert time... > I might still stick > to writing EN code, but at least people might write better software if > they can do so in their own native language. > > When will you guys will agree that a computer language is having its own syntax. saying pyton in hindi is same as saying Newton's law in Hindi like in C++ , if we need to define variable then it will be *int i ;* and in Hindawi it will *purnank aai ;* How does it matter, by a *technical point of view * you are just rebuilding the keywords to make life complex. writing a code in computer language need some keywords, with logic, native language is not useful for code writing. IMHO, a programmer can easily understand these facts. I will again say, you are diverting new generation to stick/code with local language. -- ┌───[ Narendra Sisodiya ]──────────────┐ │ http://narendra.techfandu.org │ │ http://www.lug-iitd.org │ └────────────[ +91-93790-75930 ]──────┘ _______________________________________________ ilugd mailinglist -- ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org http://frodo.hserus.net/mailman/listinfo/ilugd Archives at: http://news.gmane.org/gmane.user-groups.linux.delhi http://www.mail-archive.com/ilugd@lists.linux-delhi.org/
