I know this is a joke but it's still wild to me that programming languages aren't localised.
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You think that about math not being localized too?
There are some local differences in math notation, e.g. . vs. , as a decimal separator, • vs. × for multiplication, : vs ÷ for division et cetera.
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Industrial controls equipment made by German companies can be programmed in English or German. You can also switch languages (German/English) at any time and the IDE switches over all the keywords.
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Considering that using a keyword to name anything results in compiler (or worse! Interpreter) errors, and that libraries are a thing. And also that copy-pasting code from the internet is a thing. I don't think it would be a good idea to localize programming languages.
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i will never forgive them for making the pointer type be T* instead of &T. most confusing thing ever.
don’t even get me started on C++ making T& the reference type and then making T&& be something other than the double reference type.
I always thought T&& made sense as a movable reference. In order to move something, you need to change where the reference points, so conceptually you need a reference to the original reference to update it. (Effectively a double reference)
It's called java.
I'll just leave this here, "An Introduction to German for ABAP/4 Programmer" (SAP):
Why is main capitalized but not printf???
If they are trying to follow German rules where nouns are capitalized, I guess this explains why their version of int would be capitalized, but that’s super annoying. Maybe C# is based on this.
Oh? You want composit(ion)? Over inheritance maybe?
Ouch.