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| From | John Levine <johnl@taugh.com> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.misc, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: polyglot programming, Recent history of vi |
| Date | 2025-12-06 22:28 +0000 |
| Organization | Taughannock Networks |
| Message-ID | <10h2am5$2lt7$1@gal.iecc.com> (permalink) |
| References | <CtydnVqzjrtfd5P0nZ2dnZfqn_adnZ2d@giganews.com> <10h175s$2b64m$19@dont-email.me> <mpjfqaFo7f6U3@mid.individual.net> <10h29pm$30833$1@dont-email.me> |
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According to Peter Flass <Peter@Iron-Spring.com>: >> I've seen C written in languages other than English. To clarify, the C key >> words are the same, if, else, int, #include, and so forth but variable and >> function names, comments and everything else are in Spanish, German, and >> so forth. It's difficult to read. > >I've seen the same with PL/I. I understand there was once an ALGOL >compiler where they used French keywords. Debut-Fin, etc. Algol60 had a reference language which had boldface keywords, and every implmentation made its own decision about how to translate that into the local character set. (Yes, this made portable programming a lot harder.) So while it was typical to turn the begin keyword into something like 'BEGIN' it was just as valid to turn it into 'DEBUT'. -- Regards, John Levine, johnl@taugh.com, Primary Perpetrator of "The Internet for Dummies", Please consider the environment before reading this e-mail. https://jl.ly
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