Re: Computer Language Question

 --- David Peterson skrzypszy:

> GSI friend of mine asked me this the other day, and I didn't know the answer,
> so I thought I'd ask you all: Has anyone here, or have you ever heard of
> anyone who has, created a computer language whose base was a language other
> than English?   E.g., what would C++ look like if it were written by people
> who spoke Basque?   Would there be differences?   Any info related to that
> I'd be much appreciative to hear about.   :)
I have heard that there are German and French versions of COBOL (i.e. the
commands are taken from those languages instead of English), but I have never
actually seen them.
English, at least, has the advantage of being compact. WRITE somehow comes out
easier than SCHREIB, SET easier than STELLE.

Jan

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"Originality is the art of concealing your source." - Franklin P. Jones

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