Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Language
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The reality is that the software world is dominated by the > western world and the English language. (How many programming languages do > you know of that are written in Russian?) :] I hope a Russian answers, because given the split between the Soviet and western worlds in the early years of computing, I am sure there must be several. Of course, our lack of knowledge is merely proof positive of our insularity. One of the things I found interesting reading the gvSIG code base is how the variable and class names are in Spanish, but (necessarily) the language keywords (for, if, while, then, protected, static) are English. It makes for an interesting soup. P. ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Language
Paul Ramsey wrote: On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: The reality is that the software world is dominated by the western world and the English language. (How many programming languages do you know of that are written in Russian?) :] There's always APL - not Russian, but then not any other natural language either. -- Miles R. Fidelman, Director of Government Programs Traverse Technologies 145 Tremont Street, 3rd Floor Boston, MA 02111 [EMAIL PROTECTED] 857-362-8314 www.traversetechnologies.com ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
Re: [OSGeo-Discuss] Software Language
On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 7:41 PM, Paul Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 12, 2008 at 10:32 AM, Landon Blake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> The reality is that the software world is dominated by the >> western world and the English language. (How many programming languages do >> you know of that are written in Russian?) :] > > I hope a Russian answers, because given the split between the Soviet > and western worlds in the early years of computing, I am sure there > must be several. Of course, our lack of knowledge is merely proof > positive of our insularity. Just consult one of your preferred search engines: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-English-based_programming_languages http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Non-English-based_programming_languages -> Glagol – A Russian-based programming language similar to Oberon and Pascal -> Rapira – A Russian-based interpreted procedural programming language with strong dynamic type system ... But maybe offtopic for this list... Markus ___ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
