: : > > ......European Union and Programming Language Keywords.....
: : > >
: : > > March 30 isue of Computerweekly reports that EU wants to end the dominance
: : > > ^^^^^^^^^
: : > > of English language in the Computer programming languages.
: : > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: : > > The reason is, European programmers (read French & German, unless you are
: : > > naive enough to think its a purely pedagogical issue, not a political one)
: : > > find it difficult to learn English before they learn programming.
: : > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: : > > EU plans to replace the English language keywords with a mixture of all EU
: : > > ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
: : > > languages based on the pecentage of the 518 seats held by each country in
: : > > the European parliament.
Simple. Replace all the programming languages currently in use with Lisp,
which is full of non English words like CDR, CONS, COND, FLET, DEFUN, RPLACA,
SETF and ASSQ.
Then nobody has an unfair disadvantage.
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"Well, I have an English father and a Scottish mother. Which means
I'm both stuck-up *and* mean." -- Angus Deayton