Programming Language
See also: Non-English-based programming languagesThe syntax of most programming languages uses English keywords, and therefore it could be argued some knowledge of English is required in order to use them. However, it is important to recognize all programming languages are in the class of formal languages. They are very different from any natural language, including English.
Some examples of non-English programming languages:
- Although it uses English keywords, Ruby allows the use of Japanese characters in variable names, and other elements of the code.
- Arabic: ARLOGO
- Bengali: BangaBhasha
- Chinese: Chinese BASIC
- Dutch: Superlogo
- French: LSE, WinDev, Pascal (although the English version is more widespread)
- Hebrew: Hebrew Programming Language
- Icelandic: Fjölnir
- Indian Languages: Hindawi Programming System
- Russian: Glagol
- Spanish: Lexico
Read more about this topic: English In Computing
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